StrongAssemblyIdentity.CreateFrom Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.dll

Package:

microsoft.visualstudio.composition v16.4.11

Overloads

CreateFrom(Assembly, AssemblyName)	Gets the metadata from an assembly.
CreateFrom(String, AssemblyName)	Gets the metadata from an assembly at the specified path.

CreateFrom(Assembly, AssemblyName)

Source:

StrongAssemblyIdentity.cs

Gets the metadata from an assembly.

public static Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.StrongAssemblyIdentity CreateFrom (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly, System.Reflection.AssemblyName assemblyName);

static member CreateFrom : System.Reflection.Assembly * System.Reflection.AssemblyName -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.StrongAssemblyIdentity

Public Shared Function CreateFrom (assembly As Assembly, assemblyName As AssemblyName) As StrongAssemblyIdentity

Parameters

assembly

Assembly

The assembly to read metadata from.

assemblyName

AssemblyName

An optional AssemblyName that may be important for dynamic assemblies to find their CodeBase.

Returns

StrongAssemblyIdentity

The assembly metadata.

CreateFrom(String, AssemblyName)

Source:

StrongAssemblyIdentity.cs

Gets the metadata from an assembly at the specified path.

public static Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.StrongAssemblyIdentity CreateFrom (string assemblyFile, System.Reflection.AssemblyName assemblyName);

static member CreateFrom : string * System.Reflection.AssemblyName -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.StrongAssemblyIdentity

Public Shared Function CreateFrom (assemblyFile As String, assemblyName As AssemblyName) As StrongAssemblyIdentity

Parameters

assemblyFile

String

The path to the assembly to read metadata from.

assemblyName

AssemblyName

The assembly name, if already known; otherwise null.

Returns

StrongAssemblyIdentity

The assembly metadata.

Exceptions

FileNotFoundException

Thrown if assemblyFile does not refer to an existing file.