Get all types from assemblies. Types will be cached after first call. - CSharp System.Reflection

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Get all types from assemblies. Types will be cached after first call.

Demo Code


using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;/*from w w  w .j  a v a2  s.  c  o  m*/

public class Main{
    /// <summary>
      /// Get all types from assemblies.
      /// Types will be cached after first call.
      /// </summary>
      /// <returns>Types in assemblies</returns>
      public static IEnumerable<Type> GetAllTypes()
      {
         if (AllTypes.Count != 0)
            return AllTypes;

         try
         {
            foreach (var assembly in GetAssemblies())
            {
               foreach (var type in assembly.GetTypes().Where(it => it.IsClass || it.IsInterface))
               {
                  AllTypes.Add(type);
               }
            }
            return AllTypes;
         }
         catch (ReflectionTypeLoadException ex)
         {
            AllTypes.Clear();
            var first = (ex.LoaderExceptions ?? new Exception[0]).Take(5).ToList();
            throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("Can't load types:{0}{1}", Environment.NewLine, string.Join(Environment.NewLine, first.Select(it => it.Message))), ex);
         }
      }
}

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