[Nhibernate-commit] nhibernate/src/NHibernate/Util ReflectHelper.cs,1.25,1.26

[Michael D. <mik...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/nhibernate/nhibernate/src/NHibernate/Util
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv8929/NHibernate/Util

Modified Files:
	ReflectHelper.cs 
Log Message:
NH-223: added method to load a type from an assembly with its partial name.

Index: ReflectHelper.cs
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RCS file: /cvsroot/nhibernate/nhibernate/src/NHibernate/Util/ReflectHelper.cs,v
retrieving revision 1.25
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -C2 -d -r1.25 -r1.26
*** ReflectHelper.cs	26 Mar 2005 13:24:37 -0000	1.25
--- ReflectHelper.cs	5 Apr 2005 14:21:21 -0000	1.26
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*** 12,15 ****
--- 12,17 ----
  	public sealed class ReflectHelper
  	{
+ 		private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger( typeof( ReflectHelper ) );
+ 
  		private ReflectHelper()
  		{
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*** 155,158 ****
--- 157,207 ----
  
  		/// <summary>
+ 		/// Returns a <see cref="System.Type"/> from an already loaded Assembly or an
+ 		/// Assembly that is loaded with a partial name.
+ 		/// </summary>
+ 		/// <param name="className">The full name of the class.</param>
+ 		/// <param name="assemblyName">
+ 		/// The name of the assembly.  This can be the full assembly name or just the partial name.
+ 		/// </param>
+ 		/// <returns>
+ 		/// The <see cref="System.Type"/> for the class in the assembly or 
+ 		/// <c>null</c> if a <see cref="System.Type"/> can't be found.
+ 		/// </returns>
+ 		/// <remarks>
+ 		/// Attempts to get a reference to the type from an already loaded assembly.  If the 
+ 		/// Type can be found then the Assembly is loaded using LoadWithPartialName.
+ 		/// </remarks>
+ 		public static System.Type TypeFromAssembly( string className, string assemblyName ) 
+ 		{
+ 			try 
+ 			{
+ 				// try to get the Types from an already loaded assembly
+ 				System.Type type = System.Type.GetType( className + ", " + assemblyName );
+ 
+ 				// if the type is null then the assembly is not loaded.
+ 				if( type==null ) 
+ 				{
+ 					// use the partial name because we don't know the public key, version, culture-info of
+ 					// the assembly on the local machine.
+ 					Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadWithPartialName( assemblyName );
+ 					if( assembly!=null ) 
+ 					{
+ 						type = assembly.GetType( className );
+ 					}
+ 				}
+ 
+ 				return type;
+ 			}
+ 			catch( Exception e )
+ 			{
+ 				if( log.IsErrorEnabled ) 
+ 				{
+ 					log.Error( className + ", " + assemblyName + " could not be loaded.", e );
+ 				}
+ 				return null;
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		/// <summary>
  		/// Returns the value contained in the static field.
  		/// </summary>