RE: [ndoc-devel] Beta 2 problem loading assemblies

[Kevin D. <kd...@op...>]

Yes! We have an answer.... This is a 'known issue' (see Users Guide)

Assemblies decorated with the StrongNameIdentityPermission attribute can
only be called by other assemblies that are marked with the specified key. 

Now, 'called' is a somewhat vague term that includes some of the
functionality within reflection. When reflection attempts GetTypes(), a
demand is triggered and the stack walk hits the NDoc assemblies. These
assemblies obviously do not have the same key, and so a SecurityException is
thrown :(

I can think of two possible work-arounds, and both are unpleasant...

1. disable CAS on the machine running Ndoc - most definitely not recommended
2. recompile NDoc using the same key as your assemblies - possibly not too
bad if you always use the same key file for all your work...


Obviously, our error reporting is rubbish for this type of error - I will
look at rewriting the offending code ASAP 


regards,
Kevin

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ndo...@li... 
> [mailto:ndo...@li...] On Behalf Of 
> Pascal Bourque
> Sent: Thursday, 14 October 2004 1:43 AM
> To: ndo...@li...
> Subject: RE: [ndoc-devel] Beta 2 problem loading assemblies
> 
> Yes, it is a ReflectionTypeLoadException. Here's the 
> ToString() output of the exception:
> 
> -------------------------
> System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: One or more of 
> the types in the assembly unable to load.
>    at System.Reflection.Module.GetTypesInternal(StackCrawlMark&
> stackMark)
>    at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes()
>    at NDoc.Core.ReflectionEngine.BuildXrefs() in 
> d:\dev\sourceforge\ndoc\src\core\reflectionengine\reflectionen
> gine.cs:li
> ne 3497
> -------------------------
> 
> LoaderExceptions contains 2 exceptions:
> 
> -------------------------
> System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission 
> of type 
> System.Security.Permissions.StrongNameIdentityPermission, 
> mscorlib, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, 
> PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 failed.
>