Gets an assembly by its name if it is currently loaded
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#region Usings
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Collections;
#endregion
namespace Utilities
{
/// <summary>
/// Utility class that handles various
/// functions dealing with reflection.
/// </summary>
public static class Reflection
{
/// <summary>
/// Gets an assembly by its name if it is currently loaded
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Name">Name of the assembly to return</param>
/// <returns>The assembly specified if it exists, otherwise it returns null</returns>
public static System.Reflection.Assembly GetLoadedAssembly(string Name)
{
try
{
foreach (Assembly TempAssembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies())
{
if (TempAssembly.GetName().Name.Equals(Name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
return TempAssembly;
}
}
return null;
}
catch { throw; }
}
}
}
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