如何从动态加载的程序集中加载包含嵌套类型的泛型类型？

在加载到使用当前的AppDomain的组件Assembly.LoadFrom,我有以下代码:

[TypeConverter(typeof(EnumConverter))]
public enum Shapes
{
  Triangle,
  Square,
  Circle
}

通用EnumConverter 在通过调用Assembly.GetEntryAssembly()返回的程序集中定义.当我在运行时读取TypeConverter属性时,我得到的类型的全名如下所示:

MyAssembly.EnumConverter`1[[MyDynamicAssembly.Shapes, MyDynamicAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]

但是,当我在字符串上调用Type.GetType()时,它返回null.我希望能够获得System.Type的实例.还要注意的是MyDynamicAssembly不是由Reflection.Emit的产生(在MSDN文章中指出在这里).

此代码是使用.NET Framework 2.0在Visual Studio 2005上生成的.

有没有人找到这个bug /限制的解决方法？它是否已在3.5中修复？

在跟踪MSDN论坛帖子的主角后,我能够整合一个通用解决方案,用于从运行时加载的程序集中加载任意泛型类型.我希望这可以帮助一些人(也许微软会把相同的东西放到.NET 4.0中？)

public static class TypeHelpers
{
    /// 

    /// Gets the System.Type with the specified name, performing a case-sensitive search.
    /// 
    /// The assembly-qualified name of the type to get. See System.Type.AssemblyQualifiedName.
    /// Whether or not to throw an exception or return null if the type was not found.
    /// Whether or not to perform a case-insensitive search.
    /// The System.Type with the specified name.
    /// 
    /// This method can load types from dynamically loaded assemblies as long as the referenced assembly 
    /// has already been loaded into the current AppDomain.
    /// 
    public static Type GetType(string typeName, bool throwOnError, bool ignoreCase)
    {
        if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(typeName))
            throw new ArgumentNullException("typeName");

        // handle the trivial case
        Type type;
        if((type = Type.GetType(typeName, false, ignoreCase)) != null)
            return type;

        // otherwise, perform the recursive search
        try
        {
            return GetTypeFromRecursive(typeName, ignoreCase);
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            if(throwOnError)
                throw;
        }

        return null;
    }

    #region Private Static Helper Methods

    private static Type GetTypeFromRecursive(string typeName, bool ignoreCase)
    {
        int startIndex = typeName.IndexOf('[');
        int endIndex = typeName.LastIndexOf(']');

        if(startIndex == -1)
        {
            // try to load the non-generic type (e.g. System.Int32)
            return TypeHelpers.GetNonGenericType(typeName, ignoreCase);
        }
        else
        {
            // determine the cardinality of the generic type
            int cardinalityIndex = typeName.IndexOf('`', 0, startIndex);
            string cardinalityString = typeName.Substring(cardinalityIndex + 1, startIndex - cardinalityIndex - 1);
            int cardinality = int.Parse(cardinalityString);

            // get the FullName of the non-generic type (e.g. System.Collections.Generic.List`1)
            string fullName = typeName.Substring(0, startIndex);
            if(typeName.Length - endIndex - 1 > 0)
                fullName += typeName.Substring(endIndex + 1, typeName.Length - endIndex - 1);

            // parse the child type arguments for this generic type (recursive)
            List list = new List();
            string typeArguments = typeName.Substring(startIndex + 1, endIndex - startIndex - 1);
            foreach(string item in EachAssemblyQualifiedName(typeArguments, cardinality))
            {
                Type typeArgument = GetTypeFromRecursive(item, ignoreCase);
                list.Add(typeArgument);
            }

            // construct the generic type definition
            return TypeHelpers.GetNonGenericType(fullName, ignoreCase).MakeGenericType(list.ToArray());
        }
    }

    private static IEnumerable EachAssemblyQualifiedName(string s, int count)
    {
        Debug.Assert(count != 0);
        Debug.Assert(string.IsNullOrEmpty(s) == false);
        Debug.Assert(s.Length > 2);

        // e.g. "[System.String, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]"
        // e.g. "[System.String, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.DateTime, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]"
        // e.g. "[System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair`2[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.DateTime, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]], mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]"

        int startIndex = 0;
        int bracketCount = 0;

        while(count > 0)
        {
            bracketCount = 0;

            for(int i = startIndex; i < s.Length; i++)
            {
                switch(s[i])
                {
                    case '[':
                        bracketCount++;
                        continue;

                    case ']':
                        if(--bracketCount == 0)
                        {
                            string item = s.Substring(startIndex + 1, i - startIndex - 1);
                            yield return item;
                            startIndex = i + 2;
                        }
                        break;

                    default:
                        continue;
                }
            }

            if(bracketCount != 0)
            {
                const string SR_Malformed = "The brackets are unbalanced in the string, '{0}'.";
                throw new FormatException(string.Format(SR_Malformed, s));
            }

            count--;
        }
    }

    private static Type GetNonGenericType(string typeName, bool ignoreCase)
    {
        // assume the type information is not a dynamically loaded assembly
        Type type = Type.GetType(typeName, false, ignoreCase);
        if(type != null)
            return type;

        // otherwise, search the assemblies in the current AppDomain for the type
        int assemblyFullNameIndex = typeName.IndexOf(',');
        if(assemblyFullNameIndex != -1)
        {
            string assemblyFullName = typeName.Substring(assemblyFullNameIndex + 2, typeName.Length - assemblyFullNameIndex - 2);
            foreach(Assembly assembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies())
            {
                if(assembly.GetName().FullName == assemblyFullName)
                {
                    string fullName = typeName.Substring(0, assemblyFullNameIndex);
                    type = assembly.GetType(fullName, false, ignoreCase);
                    if(type != null)
                        return type;
                }
            }
        }

        // no luck? blow up
        const string SR_TypeNotFound = "The type, '{0}', was not found.";
        throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(SR_TypeNotFound, typeName), "typeName");
    }

    #endregion
}

使用上面的场景和以下MbUnit测试测试了此代码:

[Test]
public void GetType_DictionaryOfStringAndDictionaryOfInt32AndKeyValuePairOfStringAndListOfInt32()
{
    Dictionary>>> obj = 
    new Dictionary>>>();

    string typeName = obj.GetType().FullName;
    Type type = TypeHelpers.GetType(typeName, true, false);

    Assert.IsTrue(type.Equals(obj.GetType()));
}

注意:在尝试使用此测试时,您应该注释掉普通的处理程序,否则将调用Type.GetType()而不是实际的解析代码.