Assembly Class

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01/16/2013

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Represents an assembly, which is a reusable, versionable, and self-describing building block of a common language runtime application.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
System.Reflection..::..Assembly

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Class Assembly

[SerializableAttribute]
public class Assembly

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class Assembly

[<SerializableAttribute>]
type Assembly =  class end

public class Assembly

The Assembly type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Assembly	Initializes a new instance of the Assembly class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	FullName	Gets the display name of the assembly.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetAssembly	Gets the currently loaded assembly in which the specified class is defined.
	GetExecutingAssembly	Gets the assembly that contains the code that is currently executing.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetName	Gets an AssemblyName for this assembly.
	GetSatelliteAssembly	Gets the satellite assembly for the specified culture.
	GetType() () () ()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType(String)	Gets the Type object with the specified name in the assembly instance.
	GetType(String, Boolean)	Gets the Type object with the specified name in the assembly instance and optionally throws an exception if the type is not found.
	GetTypes	Gets the types defined in this assembly.
	Load(array<Byte> [] () [] [])	Loads the assembly with a common object file format (COFF)-based image containing an emitted assembly. The assembly is loaded into the application domain of the caller.
	Load(String)	Loads an assembly given the long form of its name.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

Use the Assembly class to load assemblies, to explore the metadata and constituent parts of assemblies, to discover the types contained in assemblies, and to create instances of those types.

To get an Assembly object for the currently executing assembly, use the GetExecutingAssembly method.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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