#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
* Copyright (C) 2002-2016 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
*
* This file is part of HeuristicLab.
*
* HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with HeuristicLab. If not, see .
*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Reflection;
namespace HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure {
public static class AssemblyHelpers {
//Based on the code from http://stackoverflow.com/a/7156425
public static string GetCustomAttributeValue(Assembly assembly, string propertyName)
where T : Attribute {
if (assembly == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(propertyName)) {
throw new ArgumentException("Arguments are not allowed to be null.");
}
object[] attributes = assembly.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(T), false);
if (attributes.Length == 0) {
throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format("No attributes of type {0} found in assembly {1}", typeof(T).Name,
assembly.FullName));
}
var attribute = (T)attributes[0];
var propertyInfo = attribute.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);
if (propertyInfo == null) {
throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format("No property {0} found in attribute {1}, assembly: {2}",
propertyName, typeof(T).Name, assembly.FullName));
}
var value = propertyInfo.GetValue(attribute, null);
return value.ToString();
}
public static string GetFileVersion(Assembly assembly) {
return GetCustomAttributeValue(assembly, "Version");
}
}
}