These are similar questions: How-to: Load a type from a referenced assembly at runtime using a string in Silverlight, GetType on a class in a referenced assembly fails but neither answer works.
I've got an MVC project that pulls data from a database that includes the plain types as strings. These types are in a referenced assembly, not in the MVC project.
So for example let's say my Referenced Assembly Name is MyFramework
and the plain type name Car
, the full type name could be MyFramework.Cars.Car
or MyFramework.Vehicles.Cars.Car
or some other variation. All I have are the referenced assembly name and plain class name as strings. How can I get the type regardless of the full type name?
Finally, could I write a function in the referenced assembly that calls GetType() and use that in the MvC project so I could forego including the assembly name? I want to remove knowing the assembly name so I thought I could write a Util IN the referenced assembly like:
namespace MyFramework //the referenced assembly
{
public static class TypeUtil
{
public static Type GetFrameworkType(string typeName)
{
return Type.GetType(typeName);
}
}
}
And then in my MVC project I could call it without needing the assembly as a string name. Is that possible or will I always need the assembly name?
Maybe the referenced assembly isn't loaded at the time. Also, I understand from your question that you do not have the full type name, only the class name.
You should try something along this line then:
Type type = Assembly.Load("YourAssemblyName").GetTypes().First(t => t.Name == "ShortTypeName");
Hope I understood you correctly.