AssemblyCatalog Class

An AssemblyCatalog is used to parse all the parts present in a specified assembly. The target assembly can be indicated either by object reference or by path.

This type is thread safe.

The following code demonstrates the common scenario of an application creating an AssemblyCatalog to parse its own assembly. This is a straightforward way to load parts contained in a single project into the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF).

[Export]
class MyAddin
{
    public String myData { get { return "The data!"; } }
}

class MyProgram
{
    [Import]
    public MyAddin myAddin { get; set; }
}


class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        AggregateCatalog catalog = new AggregateCatalog();
        catalog.Catalogs.Add(new AssemblyCatalog(typeof(MyAddin).Assembly));
        CompositionContainer _container = new CompositionContainer(catalog);
        MyProgram myProgram = new MyProgram();
        _container.SatisfyImportsOnce(myProgram);
        Console.WriteLine(myProgram.myAddin.myData);
        Console.ReadLine();

        _container.Dispose();
    }
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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