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Gets an assembly by its name if it is currently loaded
 


/*
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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 an assembly by its name if it is currently loaded
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Name">Name of the assembly to return</param>
        /// <returns>The assembly specified if it exists, otherwise it returns null</returns>
        public static System.Reflection.Assembly GetLoadedAssembly(string Name)
        {
            try
            {
                foreach (Assembly TempAssembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies())
                {
                    if (TempAssembly.GetName().Name.Equals(Name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                    {
                        return TempAssembly;
                    }
                }
                return null;
            }
            catch throw}
        }
    }
}

   
  
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