Class AssemblyInfo

Represents basic information about a PE file representing an assembly.

Inheritance

Object

AssemblyInfo

Inherited Members

Object.ToString()

Object.Equals(Object)

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Reflection.Metadata

Assembly: Alphaleonis.Reflection.Metadata.dll

Syntax

public sealed class AssemblyInfo

Remarks

The information provided by this class is usually retrieved using ReflectionOnlyLoad(String) and then examining the returned Assembly object. This however has the drawback that it is not possible to unload the assembly without performing the operation in a separate AppDomain.

This class retrieves basic information about the assembly only, via the MetadataReader provided in System.Reflection.Metadata, so the targetted assembly is not loaded into the AppDomain as is the case with Assembly.Load and Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoad methods.

Properties

AssemblyName

Gets the name of the assembly.

Declaration

public AssemblyName AssemblyName { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
AssemblyName	The name of the assembly or null if the file was not an assembly.

AssemblyReferences

Gets references of the assembly.

Declaration

public IReadOnlyList<AssemblyName> AssemblyReferences { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IReadOnlyList<AssemblyName>	The assembly references.

IsAssembly

Gets a value indicating whether the parsed file was indeed an assembly or not.

Declaration

public bool IsAssembly { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the file was a valid assembly or false otherwise.

IsConsoleApplication

Gets a value indicating whether the PE file is a console application.

Declaration

public bool IsConsoleApplication { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the PE file is a console application, false if not.

IsDll

Gets a value indicating whether the PE file is a DLL.

Declaration

public bool IsDll { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the PE file is a DLL, false if not.

IsExe

Gets a value indicating whether the PE file is an executable.

Declaration

public bool IsExe { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the PE file is an executable, false if not.

MetadataVersion

Gets the metadata version as specified in the assembly metadata.

Declaration

public string MetadataVersion { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The metadata version from the assembly metadata.

TargetFramework

Gets target framework as provided by the TargetFrameworkAttribute.

Declaration

public FrameworkName TargetFramework { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
FrameworkName	The target framework for which the assembly was built, or null if the information was not available.

Remarks

This is only available if the assembly was build against .NET 4.0 or later. In previous versions of the .NET framework, this attribute was not available, and the correct target framework cannot be determined by inspecting the assembly metadata.

Methods

GetAssemblyInfo(Byte[])

Gets assembly information from the specified assembly.

Declaration

public static AssemblyInfo GetAssemblyInfo(byte[] rawAssembly)

Parameters

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

Returns

Type	Description
AssemblyInfo	The assembly information read.

Remarks

This method does not throw an exception if the file is not an assembly. Instead the properties of the returned object must be inspected to determine whether it was a valid PE file and/or assembly.

GetAssemblyInfo(String)

Gets assembly information from the specified file.

Declaration

public static AssemblyInfo GetAssemblyInfo(string fileName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	fileName	The full path to the assembly file to retrieve metadata information from.

Returns

Type	Description
AssemblyInfo	The assembly information read.

Remarks

This method does not throw an exception if the file is not an assembly. Instead the properties of the returned object must be inspected to determine whether it was a valid PE file and/or assembly.