ApplicationDomain.PhysicalPath Property

Definition

Gets the physical or absolute path of the application domain.

public:
 property System::String ^ PhysicalPath { System::String ^ get(); };
public string PhysicalPath { get; }
member this.PhysicalPath : string
Public ReadOnly Property PhysicalPath As String

Property Value

The physical or absolute path of the application domain.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to view all properties and unload an application domain.

using System;
using Microsoft.Web.Administration;

namespace AdministrationSnippets
{
    public class MicrosoftWebAdministrationApplicationDomain
    {
        ServerManager manager = new ServerManager();

        public void RecycleApplicationDomains()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Displaying Worker Processes & Application Domains...");
            GetApplicationDomains();
            
            Console.WriteLine("Unloading all application domains");
            UnloadApplicationDomains();

            Console.WriteLine("Displaying Worker Processes & Application Domains with new IDs...");
            GetApplicationDomains();
        }
        public void UnloadApplicationDomains()
        {
            foreach (WorkerProcess proc in manager.WorkerProcesses)
            {
                foreach (ApplicationDomain ad in proc.ApplicationDomains)
                {
                    ad.Unload();
                }
            }
        }
        public void GetApplicationDomains()
        {
            foreach (WorkerProcess proc in manager.WorkerProcesses)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Worker Process Found:");
                Console.WriteLine("\tProcessId:   {0}", proc.ProcessId);
                Console.WriteLine("\tProcessGuid: {0}", proc.ProcessGuid);
                Console.WriteLine("\tAppPoolName: {0}", proc.AppPoolName);
                Console.WriteLine("\tApplication Domains:");
                foreach (ApplicationDomain ad in proc.ApplicationDomains)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("\t\tApplication Domain Found:");
                    Console.WriteLine("\t\t{0}", ad.Id );
                    Console.WriteLine("\t\t{0}", ad.VirtualPath );
                    Console.WriteLine("\t\t{0}", ad.PhysicalPath );
                    Console.WriteLine("\t\t{0}", ad.Idle);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Remarks

The PhysicalPath property is read-only, and the underlying physical path value of the application domain is cached locally. Changes made to the configuration are not reflected until the application domain is refreshed or unloaded.

Applies to