Loads assemblies by given assembly names collection. - CSharp System.Reflection

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Description

Loads assemblies by given assembly names collection.

Demo Code


using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;/*from  w  w  w  .j  a  v  a 2s.com*/

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
        /// Loads assemblies by given assembly names collection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assemblyNames">The assembly names collection.</param>
        /// <returns>Collection of loaded assemblies.</returns>
        public static IEnumerable<Assembly> LoadAssemblies(this string[] assemblyNames)
        {
            if (assemblyNames.IsNullOrEmpty())
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("The assembly names collection cannot be null or empty.", nameof(assemblyNames));
            }

            var assemblies = assemblyNames.Select(a => a.LoadAssembly());

            return assemblies;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Loads an assembly by given assembly name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assemblyName">The assembly name.</param>
        /// <returns>The loaded assembly.</returns>
        public static Assembly LoadAssembly(this string assemblyName)
        {
            if (assemblyName.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("The assembly name cannot be null, empty or white-space.", nameof(assemblyName));
            }

            var assembly = Assembly.Load(new AssemblyName(assemblyName));

            return assembly;
        }
}

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