AssemblyHelpers.cs

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#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<T>(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 InvalidOperationException(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 InvalidOperationException(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<AssemblyFileVersionAttribute>(assembly, "Version");
    }
  }
}