Recursively Searching for Classes of Specified Type from an Assembly or Type

Sometimes I find myself implementing a plugin architecture and I need to find a list of classes in an assembly that qualify as plugins for a given project.   I wrote the following class to help me do this: public static class TypeFinder {     public static List<Type> GetTypesFromAssembly(Assembly assembly, params Type[] assignableTypes)     {         List<Type> types = new List<Type>();           if (assembly != null)             foreach [...]

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HR-XML Integration in Human Resources Software

Most of the programming and architecture work I do is in the human resources space. I write software for paperless onboarding and acculturation, personell change management, background checks and verification services, new employee requisitioning, and the like. As you can imagine, I spend a great deal of time and effort integrating with human [...]

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A Table Valued Function to Split Strings

– the function CREATE FUNCTION SplitString (       @TargetString NVARCHAR(MAX),       @Delimeter NVARCHAR(MAX) )   – the part repository RETURNS @Parts TABLE (       PartId INT IDENTITY(1, 1),       Part VARCHAR(MAX) ) AS BEGIN         – just some variables to keep track of things       DECLARE             @CurrentIndex INT,             @DelimeterIndex INT,             @PartLength INT;         – initialize the loop       SELECT             @CurrentIndex = 0,             @DelimeterIndex =CHARINDEX(@Delimeter, @TargetString, 0),             @PartLength = @DelimeterIndex - @CurrentIndex;         – [...]

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Health Care, Elections, and Media — Oh My!

I was trying to learn more about the McCain health care plan today and I ran across this article.   Now, I’m not a professional writer like Paul Krugman by any stretch of the imagination, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn last night, and I have had several articles published in peer-reviewed professional and [...]

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To be or not to be?

string TheQuestion = "2B || !2B"; More computer humor

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