ReflectionHelper.cs :  » Bloggers » dasBlog » RJH » CommandLineHelper » C# / CSharp Open Source

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Reflection;

namespace newtelligence.DasBlog.Util{
  public sealed class ReflectionHelper
  {

    private ReflectionHelper() {}

    //************************************************************
    //  Method Name: CodeBase
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns the code base file location as a standard directory.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>This assemblies code base as a local file system path.</returns>
    /// <creationDate>March 15, 2002</creationDate>
    //************************************************************
    public static string CodeBase()
    {
      Assembly currentAssembly = null;
      StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace();
      StackFrame currentFrame;

      for (int i = 1; i < stackTrace.FrameCount; i++)
      {
        currentFrame = stackTrace.GetFrame(i);
        currentAssembly = currentFrame.GetMethod().DeclaringType.Assembly;
        if (!currentAssembly.GlobalAssemblyCache)
        {
          break;
        }
      }

      string [] codeBaseSplit = currentAssembly.CodeBase.Split('/');
      StringBuilder fileSpec = new StringBuilder();
      
      for (int split=3; split < codeBaseSplit.Length-1; split++)
        fileSpec.Append( codeBaseSplit[split]+"\\" );

      return fileSpec.ToString();
    }
  }
}