﻿using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Reflection;

/*
   Copyright 2013 Ian Duncan

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 */


namespace AppPackager
{
    class LoadExternalApp
    {
        public void loadAppFromDLL(string assemblyFile)
        {



                Assembly a = Assembly.LoadFrom(assemblyFile);

                Type app = a.GetType("ShellApp.App");

                MethodInfo loadMethod = app.GetMethod("load");

                object appInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(app);

                loadMethod.Invoke(appInstance, null);
         
        }

        public bool isValidApp(string assemblyFile)
        {
            bool isValid = true;

            try
            {
                Assembly a = Assembly.LoadFrom(assemblyFile);

                Type app = a.GetType("ShellApp.App");

                MethodInfo loadMethod = app.GetMethod("load");

                object appInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(app);

            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                isValid = false;
            }

            return isValid;
        }

            

    }
}
