Assembly Methods
The methods of the Assembly class are listed here. For a complete list of Assembly class members, see the Assembly Members topic.
Public Methods
 CreateInstance Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overloaded. Locates a type from this assembly and creates an instance of it using the system activator. |
| CreateQualifiedName | Creates the name of a type qualified by the display name of its assembly. |
| Equals (inherited from Object)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal. |
| GetAssembly | Gets the assembly in which the specified class is defined. |
| GetCallingAssembly Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Returns the Assembly of the method that invoked the currently executing method. |
| GetCustomAttributes | Overloaded. Gets the custom attributes for this assembly. |
| GetEntryAssembly | Gets the process executable in the default application domain. In other application domains, this is the first executable that was executed by AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly. |
| GetExecutingAssembly Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the Assembly that the current code is running from. |
| GetExportedTypes | Gets the exported types defined in this assembly. |
| GetFile | Gets a FileStream for the specified file in the file table of the manifest of this assembly. |
| GetFiles | Overloaded. Gets the files in the file table of an assembly manifest. |
| GetHashCode (inherited from Object)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Serves as a hash function for a particular type, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. |
| GetLoadedModules | Overloaded. Gets all the loaded modules that are part of this assembly. |
| GetManifestResourceInfo | Returns information about how the given resource has been persisted. |
| GetManifestResourceNames Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Returns the names of all the resources in this assembly. |
| GetManifestResourceStream Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overloaded. Loads the specified manifest resource from this assembly. |
| GetModule | Gets the specified module in this assembly. |
| GetModules Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overloaded. Gets all the modules that are part of this assembly. |
| GetName Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overloaded. Gets an AssemblyName for this assembly. |
| GetObjectData | Gets serialization information with all of the data needed to reinstantiate this assembly. |
| GetReferencedAssemblies | Gets the AssemblyName objects for all the assemblies referenced by this assembly. |
| GetSatelliteAssembly Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overloaded. Gets the satellite assembly. |
| GetType Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overloaded. Gets the Type object that represents the specified type. |
| GetTypes Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Gets the types defined in this assembly. |
| IsDefined | Indicates whether a custom attribute identified by the specified Type is defined. |
| Load Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overloaded. Loads an assembly. |
| LoadFile | Overloaded. Loads the contents of an assembly file. |
| LoadFrom Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overloaded. Loads an assembly. |
| LoadModule | Overloaded. Loads the module internal to this assembly. |
| LoadWithPartialName | Overloaded. Loads an assembly from the application directory or from the global assembly cache using a partial name. |
| ToString Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overridden. Returns the full name of the assembly, also known as the display name. |
Protected Methods
| Finalize (inherited from Object)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Overridden. Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.
In C# and C++, finalizers are expressed using destructor syntax. |
| MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object)
Supported by the .NET Compact Framework. | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. |
