Getting all types in a namespace via reflection

Following code prints names of classes in specified namespace defined in current assembly.
As other guys pointed out, a namespace can be scattered between different modules, so you need to get a list of assemblies first.

string nspace = "...";

var q = from t in Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetTypes()
        where t.IsClass && t.Namespace == nspace
        select t;
q.ToList().ForEach(t => Console.WriteLine(t.Name));

As FlySwat says, you can have the same namespace spanning in multiple assemblies (for eg System.Collections.Generic). You will have to load all those assemblies if they are not already loaded. So for a complete answer:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
                       .SelectMany(t => t.GetTypes())
                       .Where(t => t.IsClass && t.Namespace == @namespace)

This should work unless you want classes of other domains. To get a list of all domains, follow this link.


using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;
//...

static List<string> GetClasses(string nameSpace)
{
    Assembly asm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();

    List<string> namespacelist = new List<string>();
    List<string> classlist = new List<string>();

    foreach (Type type in asm.GetTypes())
    {
        if (type.Namespace == nameSpace)
            namespacelist.Add(type.Name);
    }

    foreach (string classname in namespacelist)
        classlist.Add(classname);

    return classlist;
}

NB: The above code illustrates what's going on. Were you to implement it, a simplified version can be used:

using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;
//...

static IEnumerable<string> GetClasses(string nameSpace)
{
    Assembly asm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
    return asm.GetTypes()
        .Where(type => type.Namespace == nameSpace)
        .Select(type => type.Name);
}

For a specific Assembly, NameSpace and ClassName:

var assemblyName = "Some.Assembly.Name"
var nameSpace = "Some.Namespace.Name";
var className = "ClassNameFilter";

var asm = Assembly.Load(assemblyName);
var classes = asm.GetTypes().Where(p =>
     p.Namespace == nameSpace &&
     p.Name.Contains(className) 
).ToList();

Note: The project must reference the assembly