I'm experienced in C# but relatively unfamiliar with the concepts of AppDomain
and the like. Anyway, I'm trying to get an assembly to load in a reflection-only context so I can grab all of its namespaces. Here is the code I have right now (warning: PowerShell):
function Get-Namespaces($assembly)
{
$assemblyClass = [Reflection.Assembly]
$winmdClass = [Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.WindowsRuntimeMetadata]
$domain = [AppDomain]::CurrentDomain
# Since desktop .NET can't work with winmd files,
# we have to use the reflection-only APIs and preload
# all the dependencies manually.
$appDomainHandler =
{
Param($sender, $e);
$assemblyClass::ReflectionOnlyLoad($e.Name)
}
$winmdHandler =
{
Param($sender, $e)
[string[]] $empty = @()
$path = $winmdClass::ResolveNamespace($e.NamespaceName, $empty) | select -Index 0
$e.ResolvedAssemblies.Add($assemblyClass::ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom($path))
}
# Hook up the handlers
$domain.add_ReflectionOnlyAssemblyResolve($appDomainHandler)
$winmdClass::add_ReflectionOnlyNamespaceResolve($winmdHandler)
# Do the actual work
$assemblyObject = $assemblyClass::ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom($assembly)
$types = $assemblyObject.GetTypes()
$namespaces = $types | ? IsPublic | select Namespace -Unique
# Deregister the handlers
$domain.remove_ReflectionOnlyAssemblyResolve($appDomainHandler)
$winmdClass::remove_ReflectionOnlyNamespaceResolve($winmdHandler)
return $namespaces
}
For some reason, when I'm running the function on assemblies like System.Xaml
or WindowsBase
I'm getting these errors:
Exception calling "ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom" with "1" argument(s): "API restriction: The assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\ Framework\.NETFramework\v4.6.1\System.Xaml.dll' has already loaded from a different location. It cannot be loaded from a new location within the same appdomain." At C:\Users\James\Code\csharp\Shims.Xaml\generate.ps1:50 char:5 + $assemblyObject = $assemblyClass::ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom($assembl ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileLoadException
So what I'd like to know is, how can I load the assembly in a new AppDomain? I checked MSDN but all I can find are methods like CreateInstanceAndUnwrap
, which I can't/don't want to do since this is reflection-only.
TL;DR: How can I load assemblies in a reflection-only context in a new AppDomain? Both C# and PowerShell code samples welcome.
EDIT: Here is a GitHub gist of the script I've made, so others can repro the error/test changes.