AssemblyPath.cs

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using BH.Engine.Base;
using BH.oM.Base.Attributes;
using BH.oM.UI;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace BH.Engine.UI
{
    public static partial class Query
    {
        /*************************************/
        /**** Public Methods              ****/
        /*************************************/

        [Description("Returns the best on-disk path for a BHoM assembly, preferring the runtime-specific subdirectory (netX.0\\ or netfx\\) over the flat folder.")]
        [Input("assemblyName", "Assembly name without extension, e.g. 'SQL_Adapter'")]
        [Output("path", "Full path to the .dll file; the file may or may not exist.")]
        public static string AssemblyPath(string assemblyName)
        {
            string bhomFolder = BH.Engine.Base.Query.BHoMFolder();

            // First try to return an assembly from a runtime-specific folder 
            foreach (string subFolder in BH.Engine.UI.Query.SubFoldersForRuntime())
            {
                string runtimePath = Path.Combine(bhomFolder, subFolder, assemblyName + ".dll");
                if (File.Exists(runtimePath))
                    return runtimePath;
            }

            //Then  fallback to returning the assembly from the default rool folder
            return Path.Combine(bhomFolder, assemblyName + ".dll");
        }

        /*************************************/
    }
}