.NET Plugin Library

Categories: Miscellaneous

Author: Morrison Schwartz

Latest version: 2004-11- 27
Added 2005-02-25

The Morrison Schwartz Plugin library allows you to integrate plugins into your .NET application.
A plugin is a component or object whose implementation will be defined in an assembly that is not part of the application's original distribution, but is loaded dynamically at runtime and integrated seamlessly.
Features include:
- No specific interface is required of a plugin.
- Plugins may be shadow-copied, to prevent locking problems.
- Plugins may be loaded into seperate AppDomains, providing better process seperation and the ability to unload the assembly at runtime.
- File monitoring notifies your application when any of the loaded assembly files has changed, allowing for graceful handling of the change.
- Assemblies can be loaded by name, or can be loaded after dynamic discovery on the disc.

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Source code provided

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