How to find all the classes which implement a given interface?
A working code-sample:
var instances = from t in Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetTypes()
where t.GetInterfaces().Contains(typeof(ISomething))
&& t.GetConstructor(Type.EmptyTypes) != null
select Activator.CreateInstance(t) as ISomething;
foreach (var instance in instances)
{
instance.Foo(); // where Foo is a method of ISomething
}
Edit Added a check for a parameterless constructor so that the call to CreateInstance will succeed.
You can get a list of loaded assemblies by using this:
Assembly assembly = System.Reflection.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
From there, you can get a list of types in the assembly (assuming public types):
Type[] types = assembly.GetExportedTypes();
Then you can ask each type whether it supports that interface by finding that interface on the object:
Type interfaceType = type.GetInterface("ISomething");
Not sure if there is a more efficient way of doing this with reflection.
A example using Linq:
var types =
myAssembly.GetTypes()
.Where(m => m.IsClass && m.GetInterface("IMyInterface") != null);