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Gets a list of types based on an interface
 

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#region Usings
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Collections;
#endregion

namespace Utilities
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Utility class that handles various
    /// functions dealing with reflection.
    /// </summary>
    public static class Reflection
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a list of types based on an interface
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Assembly">Assembly to check</param>
        /// <param name="Interface">Interface to look for (also checks base class)</param>
        /// <returns>List of types that use the interface</returns>
        public static System.Collections.Generic.List<Type> GetTypes(Assembly Assembly, string Interface)
        {
            try
            {
                System.Collections.Generic.List<Type> ReturnList = new System.Collections.Generic.List<Type>();
                if (Assembly != null)
                {
                    Type[] Types = Assembly.GetTypes();
                    foreach (Type Type in Types)
                    {
                        if (Type.GetInterface(Interface, true!= null)
                        {
                            ReturnList.Add(Type);
                        }
                        else if (Type.BaseType != null && Type.BaseType.FullName != null && Type.BaseType.FullName.StartsWith(Interface))
                        {
                            ReturnList.Add(Type);
                        }
                    }
                }
                return ReturnList;
            }
            catch throw}
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a list of types based on an interface
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="AssemblyLocation">Location of the DLL</param>
        /// <param name="Interface">Interface to look for</param>
        /// <param name="Assembly">The assembly holding the types</param>
        /// <returns>A list of types that use the interface</returns>
        public static System.Collections.Generic.List<Type> GetTypes(string AssemblyLocation, string Interface, out Assembly Assembly)
        {
            try
            {
                Assembly = Assembly.LoadFile(AssemblyLocation);
                return GetTypes(Assembly, Interface);
            }
            catch throw}
        }
    }
}

   
  
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