Shuttle.Core.Reflection

PM> Install-Package Shuttle.Core.Reflection

Provides various methods to facilitate reflection handling.

ReflectionService

Task<IEnumerable<Assembly>> GetMatchingAssembliesAsync(Regex regex)

Returns a collection of assemblies that have their file name matching the given Regex expression.

Task<IEnumerable<Assembly>> GetRuntimeAssembliesAsync()

Returns a combination of DependencyContext.Default.GetRuntimeAssemblyNames(Environment.OSVersion.Platform.ToString()) and AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies().

Task<Type> GetTypeAsync(string typeName)

Attempts to find the requested type.

Task<IEnumerable<Type>> GetTypesCastableToAsync(Type type, Assembly assembly)
// and these extensions
Task<IEnumerable<Type>> GetTypesCastableToAsync<T>();
Task<IEnumerable<Type>> GetTypesCastableToAsync(Type type);
Task<IEnumerable<Type>> GetTypesCastableToAsync<T>(Assembly assembly);

Returns all the types in the given assembly that can be cast to the type or typeof(T); if no assembly is provided the all assemblies returned by GetAssembliesAsync() will be scanned.