How to reference a DLL on runtime?
I've implemented something like you are asking for that searches through dlls in a given directory and finds classes that implement a particular interface. Below is the class I used to do this:
public class PlugInFactory<T>
{
public T CreatePlugin(string path)
{
foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.dll"))
{
foreach (Type assemblyType in Assembly.LoadFrom(file).GetTypes())
{
Type interfaceType = assemblyType.GetInterface(typeof(T).FullName);
if (interfaceType != null)
{
return (T)Activator.CreateInstance(assemblyType);
}
}
}
return default(T);
}
}
All you have to do is initialize this class with something like this:
PlugInFactory<InterfaceToSearchFor> loader = new PlugInFactory<InterfaceToSearchFor>();
InterfaceToSearchFor instanceOfInterface = loader.CreatePlugin(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory);
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