#region License Information /* HeuristicLab * Copyright (C) 2002-2014 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 Exception(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 Exception(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"); } } }