assemblies – Tarik Billa

Difference between AppDomain.GetAssemblies and BuildManager.GetReferencedAssemblies

September 19, 2023 by Tarik

The .NET Framework defers loading assemblies into the current AppDomain until they’re needed. For example, if you call into a third-party library only from SomeMethod(), the third-party DLL normally won’t be loaded until the first time SomeMethod() runs. AppDomain.GetAssemblies() gives you all assemblies which have already been loaded into the current AppDomain. BuildManager.GetReferencedAssemblies() (This method … Read more

Error reading assemblies: No assembly descriptors found

August 2, 2023 by Tarik

I have been using version 2.3 of maven-assembly-plugin, but I believe the problem is the same: if the assembly configuration is declared inside an execution, it works from mvn package, but does not work from mvn assembly:assembly. The solution I have found is to declare the configuration in the top-level configuration of the plugin, and … Read more

Using different versions of the same assembly in the same folder

March 3, 2023 by Tarik

I used the following configuration to resolve the issue. <configuration> <runtime> <assemblyBinding xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1″> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name=”Castle.DynamicProxy2″ publicKeyToken=”407dd0808d44fbdc” /> <codeBase version=”2.1.0.0″ href=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2460542/v2.1\Castle.DynamicProxy2.dll” /> <codeBase version=”2.2.0.0″ href=”v2.2\Castle.DynamicProxy2.dll” /> </dependentAssembly> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name=”Castle.Core” publicKeyToken=”407dd0808d44fbdc” /> <codeBase version=”1.1.0.0″ href=”v2.1\Castle.Core.dll” /> <codeBase version=”1.2.0.0″ href=”v2.2\Castle.Core.dll” /> </dependentAssembly> </assemblyBinding> </runtime> </configuration>