Sample Managed GAC API Wrappers

//-------------------------------------------------------------
// GACWrap.cs
//
// This implements managed wrappers to GAC API Interfaces
//-------------------------------------------------------------

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;

namespace System.GACManagedAccess
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------
    // Interfaces defined by fusion
    //-------------------------------------------------------------
    [ComImport, InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown), Guid("e707dcde-d1cd-11d2-bab9-00c04f8eceae")]
    internal interface IAssemblyCache
    {
        [PreserveSig()]
        int UninstallAssembly(
                            int flags,
                            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
                            String assemblyName,
                            InstallReference refData,
                            out AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition disposition);
      
        [PreserveSig()]
        int QueryAssemblyInfo(
                            int flags,
                            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
                            String assemblyName,
                            ref AssemblyInfo assemblyInfo);
        [PreserveSig()]
        int Reserved        (
                            int flags,
                            IntPtr pvReserved,
                            out Object ppAsmItem,
                            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
                            String assemblyName);
        [PreserveSig()]
        int Reserved(out Object ppAsmScavenger);
      
        [PreserveSig()]
        int InstallAssembly(
                            int flags,
                            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
                            String assemblyFilePath,
                            InstallReference refData);
    }// IAssemblyCache

    [ComImport, InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown), Guid("CD193BC0-B4BC-11d2-9833-00C04FC31D2E")]
    internal interface IAssemblyName
    {
        [PreserveSig()]
        int SetProperty(
                int PropertyId,
                IntPtr pvProperty,
                int cbProperty);
      
        [PreserveSig()]
        int GetProperty(
                int PropertyId,
                IntPtr pvProperty,
                ref int pcbProperty);

        [PreserveSig()]
        int Finalize();
      
        [PreserveSig()]
        int GetDisplayName(
                StringBuilder pDisplayName,
                ref int pccDisplayName,
                int displayFlags);
      
        [PreserveSig()]
        int Reserved(ref Guid guid,
            Object obj1,
            Object obj2,
            String string1,
            Int64 llFlags,
            IntPtr pvReserved,
            int cbReserved,
            out IntPtr ppv);

        [PreserveSig()]
        int GetName(
                ref int pccBuffer,
                StringBuilder pwzName);

        [PreserveSig()]
        int GetVersion(
                out int versionHi,
                out int versionLow);
        [PreserveSig()]
        int IsEqual(
                IAssemblyName pAsmName,
                int cmpFlags);

        [PreserveSig()]
        int Clone(out IAssemblyName pAsmName);
    }// IAssemblyName

    [ComImport, InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown), Guid("21b8916c-f28e-11d2-a473-00c04f8ef448")]
    internal interface IAssemblyEnum
    {
        [PreserveSig()]
        int GetNextAssembly(
                IntPtr pvReserved,
                out IAssemblyName ppName,
                int flags);
        [PreserveSig()]
        int Reset();
        [PreserveSig()]
        int Clone(out IAssemblyEnum ppEnum);
    }// IAssemblyEnum

    [ComImport, InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown), Guid("582dac66-e678-449f-aba6-6faaec8a9394")]
    internal interface IInstallReferenceItem
    {
        // A pointer to a FUSION_INSTALL_REFERENCE structure.
        // The memory is allocated by the GetReference method and is freed when
        // IInstallReferenceItem is released. Callers must not hold a reference to this
        // buffer after the IInstallReferenceItem object is released.
        // This uses the InstallReferenceOutput object to avoid allocation
        // issues with the interop layer.
        // This cannot be marshaled directly - must use IntPtr
        [PreserveSig()]
        int GetReference(
                out IntPtr pRefData,
                int flags,
                IntPtr pvReserced);
    }// IInstallReferenceItem

    [ComImport, InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown), Guid("56b1a988-7c0c-4aa2-8639-c3eb5a90226f")]
    internal interface IInstallReferenceEnum
    {
        [PreserveSig()]
        int GetNextInstallReferenceItem(
                out IInstallReferenceItem ppRefItem,
                int flags,
                IntPtr pvReserced);
    }// IInstallReferenceEnum

    public enum AssemblyCommitFlags
    {
        Default          = 1,
        Force            = 2
    }// enum AssemblyCommitFlags

    public enum AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition
    {
        Unknown                 = 0,
        Uninstalled             = 1,
        StillInUse              = 2,
        AlreadyUninstalled      = 3,
        DeletePending           = 4,
        HasInstallReference     = 5,
        ReferenceNotFound       = 6
    }
  
    [Flags]
    internal enum AssemblyCacheFlags
    {
        GAC          = 2,
    }

    internal enum CreateAssemblyNameObjectFlags
    {
        CANOF_DEFAULT            = 0,
        CANOF_PARSE_DISPLAY_NAME = 1,
    }
 
    [Flags]
    internal enum AssemblyNameDisplayFlags
    { 
        VERSION                   = 0x01,
        CULTURE                   = 0x02,
        PUBLIC_KEY_TOKEN          = 0x04,
        PROCESSORARCHITECTURE     = 0x20,
        RETARGETABLE              = 0x80,
        // This enum will change in the future to include
        // more attributes.
        ALL                       = VERSION
                                    | CULTURE
                                    | PUBLIC_KEY_TOKEN
                                    | PROCESSORARCHITECTURE
                                    | RETARGETABLE
    }
  
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    public class InstallReference
    {
        public InstallReference(Guid guid, String id, String data)
        {
            cbSize = (int)(2*IntPtr.Size+16+(id.Length+data.Length)*2);
            flags = 0;
            // quiet compiler warning
            if (flags == 0) { }
            guidScheme = guid;
            identifier = id;
            description = data;
        }

        public Guid GuidScheme
        {
            get { return guidScheme;}
        }

        public String Identifier
        {
            get { return identifier; }
        }

        public String Description
        {
            get { return description;}
        }

        int         cbSize;
        int         flags;
        Guid        guidScheme;
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
        String      identifier;
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
        String      description;
    }

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    internal struct AssemblyInfo
    {
        public int      cbAssemblyInfo; // size of this structure for future expansion
        public int      assemblyFlags;
        public long     assemblySizeInKB;
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
        public String   currentAssemblyPath;
        public int      cchBuf; // size of path buf.
    }

    [ComVisible(false)]
    public class InstallReferenceGuid
    {
        public static bool IsValidGuidScheme(Guid guid)
        {
            return (guid.Equals(UninstallSubkeyGuid)    ||
                    guid.Equals(FilePathGuid)           ||
                    guid.Equals(OpaqueGuid)       ||
                    guid.Equals(Guid.Empty));
        }
 
        public readonly static Guid UninstallSubkeyGuid  = new Guid("8cedc215-ac4b-488b-93c0-a50a49cb2fb8");
        public readonly static Guid FilePathGuid         = new Guid("b02f9d65-fb77-4f7a-afa5-b391309f11c9");
        public readonly static Guid OpaqueGuid           = new Guid("2ec93463-b0c3-45e1-8364-327e96aea856");
        // these GUID cannot be used for installing into GAC.
        public readonly static Guid MsiGuid              = new Guid("25df0fc1-7f97-4070-add7-4b13bbfd7cb8");
        public readonly static Guid OsInstallGuid        = new Guid("d16d444c-56d8-11d5-882d-0080c847b195");  
    }

    [ComVisible(false)]
    public static class AssemblyCache
    {
        public static void InstallAssembly(String assemblyPath, InstallReference reference, AssemblyCommitFlags flags)
        {
            if (reference != null) {
                if (!InstallReferenceGuid.IsValidGuidScheme(reference.GuidScheme))
                    throw new ArgumentException("Invalid reference guid.", "guid");
            }

            IAssemblyCache ac = null;

            int hr = 0;
    
            hr = Utils.CreateAssemblyCache(out ac, 0);
            if (hr >= 0) {
                hr = ac.InstallAssembly((int)flags, assemblyPath, reference);
            }

            if (hr < 0) {
                Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
            }
        }

        // assemblyName has to be fully specified name.
        // A.k.a, for v1.0/v1.1 assemblies, it should be "name, Version=xx, Culture=xx, PublicKeyToken=xx".
        // For v2.0 assemblies, it should be "name, Version=xx, Culture=xx, PublicKeyToken=xx, ProcessorArchitecture=xx".
        // If assemblyName is not fully specified, a random matching assembly will be uninstalled.
        public static void UninstallAssembly(String assemblyName, InstallReference reference, out AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition disp)
        {
            AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition dispResult = AssemblyCacheUninstallDisposition.Uninstalled;
            if (reference != null) {
                if (!InstallReferenceGuid.IsValidGuidScheme(reference.GuidScheme))
                    throw new ArgumentException("Invalid reference guid.", "guid");
            }
          
            IAssemblyCache ac = null; 
    
            int hr = Utils.CreateAssemblyCache(out ac, 0);
            if (hr >= 0) {
                hr = ac.UninstallAssembly(0, assemblyName, reference, out dispResult);
            }

            if (hr < 0) {
                Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
            }

            disp = dispResult;
        }

        // See comments in UninstallAssembly
        public static String QueryAssemblyInfo(String assemblyName)
        {
            if (assemblyName == null) {
                throw new ArgumentException("Invalid name", "assemblyName");
            }

            AssemblyInfo aInfo = new AssemblyInfo();

            aInfo.cchBuf = 1024;
            // Get a string with the desired length
            aInfo.currentAssemblyPath = new String('\0', aInfo.cchBuf) ;

            IAssemblyCache ac = null;
            int hr = Utils.CreateAssemblyCache(out ac, 0);
            if (hr >= 0) {
                hr = ac.QueryAssemblyInfo(0, assemblyName, ref aInfo);
            }
            if (hr < 0) {
                Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
            }

            return aInfo.currentAssemblyPath;
        }
    }

    [ComVisible(false)]
    public class AssemblyCacheEnum
    {
        // null means enumerate all the assemblies
        public AssemblyCacheEnum(String assemblyName)
        {
            IAssemblyName fusionName = null;
            int hr = 0;

            if (assemblyName != null) {
                hr = Utils.CreateAssemblyNameObject(
                        out fusionName,
                        assemblyName,
                        CreateAssemblyNameObjectFlags.CANOF_PARSE_DISPLAY_NAME,
                        IntPtr.Zero);
            }

            if (hr >= 0) {
                hr = Utils.CreateAssemblyEnum(
                        out m_AssemblyEnum,
                        IntPtr.Zero,
                        fusionName,
                        AssemblyCacheFlags.GAC,
                        IntPtr.Zero);
            }

            if (hr < 0) {
                Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
            }
        }

        public String GetNextAssembly()
        {
            int hr = 0;
            IAssemblyName fusionName = null;

            if (done) {
                return null;
            }
    
            // Now get next IAssemblyName from m_AssemblyEnum
            hr = m_AssemblyEnum.GetNextAssembly((IntPtr) 0, out fusionName, 0);

            if (hr < 0) {
                Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
            }

            if (fusionName != null) {
                return GetFullName(fusionName);
            }
            else {
                done = true;
                return null;
            }
        }
  
        private String GetFullName(IAssemblyName fusionAsmName)
        {
            StringBuilder sDisplayName = new StringBuilder(1024);
            int iLen = 1024;
          
            int hr = fusionAsmName.GetDisplayName(sDisplayName, ref iLen, (int)AssemblyNameDisplayFlags.ALL);
            if (hr < 0) {
                Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
            }

            return sDisplayName.ToString();
        }

        private IAssemblyEnum m_AssemblyEnum = null;
        private bool done;
    }// class AssemblyCacheEnum

    public class AssemblyCacheInstallReferenceEnum
    {
        public AssemblyCacheInstallReferenceEnum(String assemblyName)
        {
            IAssemblyName fusionName = null;

            int hr = Utils.CreateAssemblyNameObject(
                        out fusionName,
                        assemblyName,
                        CreateAssemblyNameObjectFlags.CANOF_PARSE_DISPLAY_NAME,
                        IntPtr.Zero);

            if (hr >= 0) {
                hr = Utils.CreateInstallReferenceEnum(out refEnum, fusionName, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
            }

            if (hr < 0) {
                Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
            }
        }

        public InstallReference GetNextReference()
        {
            IInstallReferenceItem item = null;
            int hr = refEnum.GetNextInstallReferenceItem(out item, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
            if ((uint)hr == 0x80070103) {   // ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS
                return null;
            }

            if (hr < 0) {
                Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
            }

            IntPtr refData;
            InstallReference instRef = new InstallReference(Guid.Empty, String.Empty, String.Empty);

            hr = item.GetReference(out refData, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
            if (hr < 0) {
                Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(hr);
            }

            Marshal.PtrToStructure(refData, instRef);
            return instRef;
        }

        private IInstallReferenceEnum refEnum;
    }

    internal class Utils
    {
        [DllImport("fusion.dll")]
        internal static extern int CreateAssemblyEnum(
                out IAssemblyEnum ppEnum,
                IntPtr pUnkReserved,
                IAssemblyName pName,
                AssemblyCacheFlags flags,
                IntPtr pvReserved);

        [DllImport("fusion.dll")]
        internal static extern int CreateAssemblyNameObject(
                out IAssemblyName ppAssemblyNameObj,
                [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
                String szAssemblyName,
                CreateAssemblyNameObjectFlags flags,
                IntPtr pvReserved);

        [DllImport("fusion.dll")]
        internal static extern int CreateAssemblyCache(
                out IAssemblyCache ppAsmCache,
                int reserved);

        [DllImport("fusion.dll")]
        internal static extern int CreateInstallReferenceEnum(
                out IInstallReferenceEnum ppRefEnum,
                IAssemblyName pName,
                int dwFlags,
                IntPtr pvReserved);     
    }
}

<update date="2004/9/28"> Add enumeration of install reference to managed GAC API wrappers. And Add comments to UninstallAssembly behavior. </update>