public static Assembly GetAssemblyOfProjectItem(this ProjectItem pi)
{
var path = pi.GetAssemblyPath();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
{
return(Assembly.LoadFrom(path));
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a type from an assembly reference by ProjectItem.Project. Cached.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pi"></param>
/// <param name="typeName"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <remarks></remarks>
public static Type GetTypeFromProject(this ProjectItem pi, string typeName)
{
//INSTANT C# NOTE: VB local static variable moved to class level:
// Static cache As new Dictionary(Of String, Assembly)
var path = pi.GetAssemblyPath();
if (!(GetTypeFromProject_cache.ContainsKey(path)))
{
GetTypeFromProject_cache.Add(path, Assembly.LoadFrom(path));
}
var asm = GetTypeFromProject_cache[path];
return(asm.GetType(typeName));
}