Class TypeFinder

Used to find objects by implemented types, names and/or attributes

Inheritance

System.Object

Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Composing

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

public class TypeFinder : ITypeFinder

Constructors

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TypeFinder(ILogger<TypeFinder>, IAssemblyProvider, String[], ITypeFinderConfig)

Declaration

public TypeFinder(ILogger<TypeFinder> logger, IAssemblyProvider assemblyProvider, string[] additionalExlusionAssemblies, ITypeFinderConfig typeFinderConfig = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ILogger<TypeFinder>	logger
IAssemblyProvider	assemblyProvider
System.String[]	additionalExlusionAssemblies
ITypeFinderConfig	typeFinderConfig

Properties

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AssembliesToScan

Return a list of found local Assemblies that Umbraco should scan for type finding

Declaration

public IEnumerable<Assembly> AssembliesToScan { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IEnumerable<System.Reflection.Assembly>

Methods

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FindClassesOfType(Type, Nullable<IEnumerable<Assembly>>, Boolean)

Returns all types found of in the assemblies specified of type T

Declaration

public IEnumerable<Type> FindClassesOfType(Type assignTypeFrom, IEnumerable<Assembly>? assemblies = null, bool onlyConcreteClasses = true)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	assignTypeFrom
System.Nullable<IEnumerable<System.Reflection.Assembly>>	assemblies
System.Boolean	onlyConcreteClasses

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerable<Type>

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FindClassesOfTypeWithAttribute(Type, Type, Nullable<IEnumerable<Assembly>>, Boolean)

Finds any classes derived from the assignTypeFrom Type that contain the attribute TAttribute

Declaration

public IEnumerable<Type> FindClassesOfTypeWithAttribute(Type assignTypeFrom, Type attributeType, IEnumerable<Assembly>? assemblies = null, bool onlyConcreteClasses = true)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	assignTypeFrom
Type	attributeType
System.Nullable<IEnumerable<System.Reflection.Assembly>>	assemblies
System.Boolean	onlyConcreteClasses

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerable<Type>

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FindClassesWithAttribute(Type, Nullable<IEnumerable<Assembly>>, Boolean)

Finds any classes with the attribute.

Declaration

public IEnumerable<Type> FindClassesWithAttribute(Type attributeType, IEnumerable<Assembly>? assemblies = null, bool onlyConcreteClasses = true)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	attributeType	The attribute type
System.Nullable<IEnumerable<System.Reflection.Assembly>>	assemblies	The assemblies.
System.Boolean	onlyConcreteClasses	if set to `true` only concrete classes.

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerable<Type>

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GetTypeByName(String)

Returns a Type for the string type name

Declaration

public virtual Type? GetTypeByName(string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	name

Returns

Type	Description
System.Nullable<Type>