Linq Queries for .Net Framework members
How many members in the .Net framework contain the string ‘file” ?
Make a query like this:
Dim q As Object
q = From Assembly In AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies _
From typ In Assembly.GetTypes _
From Member In typ.GetMembers _
Where Member.Name.ToLower.Contains("file") _
Select Assembly, typ, Member.MemberType, Member.Name, Member.Module
This comes up with 1292!
Of course, you can use the Object Browser, but that’s not as much fun<g>
Sample results:
GetXmlNodeFilename |
System.Configuration.ConfigurationException |
HttpDataChunkFromFileHandle |
System.Net.UnsafeNclNativeMethods+HttpApi+HTTP_DATA_CHUNK_TYPE |
perfVSHelpXLinkIndexInitializeMergedFileCachedPageSlots |
Microsoft.Internal.Performance.CodeMarkerEvent |
Are there more properties or events?
q = From Assembly In AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies _
From typ In Assembly.GetTypes _
From Member In typ.GetMembers _
Group By Member.MemberType Into Count() Order By Count Descending
175434 |
Method |
36564 |
Property |
26779 |
Field |
9826 |
Event |
6474 |
Constructor |
844 |
NestedType |
How many static (shared in VB) members are there (those that can be called without an instance of the containing class, like System.IO.Directory.GetFiles)?
q = From Assembly In AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies _
From typ In Assembly.GetTypes _
From Meth In typ.GetMethods _
Where Meth.IsStatic _
Select Assembly, typ, Meth.MemberType, Meth.Name, Meth.Module, Meth.IsStatic _
Order By Name