Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom(String) Method
Definition
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Caution
ReflectionOnly loading is not supported and throws PlatformNotSupportedException.
Loads an assembly into the reflection-only context, given its path.
public:
static System::Reflection::Assembly ^ ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom(System::String ^ assemblyFile);
public static System.Reflection.Assembly ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom (string assemblyFile);
[System.Obsolete("ReflectionOnly loading is not supported and throws PlatformNotSupportedException.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0018", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")]
public static System.Reflection.Assembly ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom (string assemblyFile);
static member ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom : string -> System.Reflection.Assembly
[<System.Obsolete("ReflectionOnly loading is not supported and throws PlatformNotSupportedException.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0018", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")>]
static member ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom : string -> System.Reflection.Assembly
Public Shared Function ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom (assemblyFile As String) As Assembly
Parameters
- assemblyFile
- String
The path of the file that contains the manifest of the assembly.
Returns
The loaded assembly.
- Attributes
Exceptions
assemblyFile
is null
.
assemblyFile
is not found, or the module you are trying to load does not specify a file name extension.
assemblyFile
is found, but could not be loaded.
assemblyFile
is not a valid assembly for the currently loaded runtime.
A codebase that does not start with "file://" was specified without the required WebPermission.
The assembly name exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
assemblyFile
is an empty string ("").
.NET Core and .NET 5+ only: In all cases.
Remarks
Dependencies are not automatically loaded into the reflection-only context. To automatically load dependencies, handle the ReflectionOnlyAssemblyResolve event and load the dependency in the event handler.
You cannot execute code from an assembly that has been loaded into the reflection-only context. To execute the code, load the assembly with the LoadFile method.
The assemblyFile
parameter must refer to a URI without escape characters. This method supplies escape characters for all invalid characters in the URI.
The path specified for assemblyFile
is relative to the current directory.
The reflection-only context is no different from other contexts. Assemblies that are loaded into the context can be unloaded only by unloading the application domain.