Class Assembly

Represents an assembly, which is a reusable, versionable, and self-describing building block of a common language runtime application.

Inheritance

Object

Assembly

Inherited Members

Object.ToString()

Object.Equals(Object)

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: System.Reflection

Assembly: mscorlib.dll

Syntax

public class Assembly

Properties

FullName

Gets the display name of the assembly.

Declaration

public virtual string FullName { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The display name of the assembly.

Methods

GetAssembly(Type)

Gets the currently loaded assembly in which the specified type is defined.

Declaration

public static Assembly GetAssembly(Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	type	An object representing a type in the assembly that will be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
Assembly	The assembly in which the specified type is defined.

GetExecutingAssembly()

Gets the assembly that contains the code that is currently executing.

Declaration

public static extern Assembly GetExecutingAssembly()

Returns

Type	Description
Assembly	The assembly that contains the code that is currently executing.

GetName()

Gets an AssemblyName for this assembly.

Declaration

public AssemblyName GetName()

Returns

Type	Description
AssemblyName	An object that contains the fully parsed display name for this assembly.

GetSatelliteAssembly(CultureInfo)

Gets the satellite assembly for the specified culture.

Declaration

public Assembly GetSatelliteAssembly(CultureInfo culture)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
CultureInfo	culture	The specified culture.

Returns

Type	Description
Assembly	The specified satellite assembly.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	culture is null.
ArgumentException

GetType(String)

Gets the Type object with the specified name in the assembly instance.

Declaration

public extern virtual Type GetType(string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	name	The full name of the type.

Returns

Type	Description
Type	An object that represents the specified class, or null if the class is not found.

GetType(String, Boolean)

Gets the Type object with the specified name in the assembly instance and optionally throws an exception if the type is not found.

Declaration

public virtual Type GetType(string name, bool throwOnError)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	name	The full name of the type.
Boolean	throwOnError	true to throw an exception if the type is not found; false to return null.

Returns

Type	Description
Type	An object that represents the specified class.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentException

GetTypes()

Gets the types defined in this assembly.

Declaration

public extern virtual Type[] GetTypes()

Returns

Type	Description
Type[]	An array that contains all the types that are defined in this assembly.

Load(Byte[])

Loads the assembly with a common object file format (COFF)-based image containing an emitted assembly. The assembly is loaded into the application domain of the caller.

Declaration

public static extern Assembly Load(byte[] rawAssembly)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Byte[]	rawAssembly	A byte array that is a COFF-based image containing an emitted assembly.

Returns

Type	Description
Assembly	The loaded assembly.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentException	rawAssembly is not a valid assembly.

Load(String)

Loads an assembly given the long form of its name.

Declaration

public static Assembly Load(string assemblyString)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	assemblyString	The long form of the assembly name.

Returns

Type	Description
Assembly	The loaded assembly.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	assemblyString is null.

Extension Methods

LogDispatcher.GetCurrentClassLogger(Object)