mardi 4 septembre 2018

Dynamically instantiate classes extending baseclass using reflection

For a long time I have been struggling with finding a way to dynamically instantiate all classes that extends a specific baseclass (during runtime). From what I have read, it is supposed to be done using Reflection, unfortunately I haven't figured out how yet.

My project structure looks like this:

Library
--|
  |
  --Vehicle.cs (abstract class)
  |
  --Car.cs (extending vehicle)
  |
  --Bike.cs (extending vehicle)
  |
  --Scooter.cs (extending vehicle)
  |
  --InstanceService.cs (static class)
  |
  |
ConsoleApplication
--|
  |
  --Program.cs

The InstanceService class contains a generic method which is supposed to return an IEnumerable<T> containing the instantiated classes extending Vehicle, meaning Car, Bike & Scooter.

The code posted bellow is the current state of the InstanceService class, after having tried a ton of different solutions, meaning it mostly contains tools for debugging.

InstanceService.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Library
{
    public static class InstanceService<T>
    {
        //returns instances of all classes of type T
        public static IEnumerable<T> GetInstances()
        {

            var interfaceType = typeof(T);
            List<T> list = new List<T>();
            Console.WriteLine("Interface type: " + interfaceType.ToString());
            var assemblies = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();
            foreach(var assembly in assemblies)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Assembly: " + assembly.ToString());
                if (assembly.GetType().IsAbstract)
                {
                    var instance = (T) Activator.CreateInstance(assembly.GetType());
                    list.Add(instance);
                }
            }
            return list;
        }
    }
}

I have also attached the code for the abstract Vehicle class as well as one of the implementations of it.

Vehicle.cs

namespace Library
{
    public abstract class Vehicle
    {
        protected float maxSpeedInKmPerHour;
        protected float weightInKg;
        protected float priceInDkk;
    }
}

Car.cs

namespace Library
{
    public class Car : Vehicle
    {

        public Car()
        {
            this.maxSpeedInKmPerHour = 1200;
            this.weightInKg = 45000;
            this.priceInDkk = 71000000;
        }
    }
}





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