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Catel - Part 4 of n: Unit testing with Catel

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This article explains how to write unit tests for MVVM using Catel.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="AssemblyExtensions.cs" company="Catel development team">
//   Copyright (c) 2008 - 2011 Catel development team. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
// <summary>
//   Assembly info helper class.
// </summary>
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Catel.Reflection
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Assembly info helper class.
    /// </summary>
    public static class AssemblyExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the title of a specific assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <returns>The title of the assembly.</returns>
        public static string Title(this Assembly assembly)
        {
            string title = GetAssemblyAttributeValue(assembly, typeof(AssemblyTitleAttribute), "Title");
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(title))
            {
                return title;
            }

            return System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(assembly.CodeBase);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the version of a specific assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <returns>The version of the assembly.</returns>
        public static string Version(this Assembly assembly)
        {
            return Version(assembly, 3);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the version of a specific assembly with a separator count.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <param name="separatorCount">Number that determines how many version numbers should be returned.</param>
        /// <returns>The version of the assembly.</returns>
        public static string Version(this Assembly assembly, int separatorCount)
        {
            separatorCount++;

            // Get full name, which is in [name], Version=[version], Culture=[culture], PublicKeyToken=[publickeytoken] format
            string assemblyFullName = assembly.FullName;

            string[] splittedAssemblyFullName = assemblyFullName.Split(new[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            if (splittedAssemblyFullName.Length < 2)
            {
                return "unknown";
            }

            string version = splittedAssemblyFullName[1].Replace("Version=", string.Empty).Trim();
            string[] versionSplit = version.Split('.');
            version = versionSplit[0];
            for (int i = 1; i < separatorCount; i++)
            {
                if (i >= versionSplit.Length)
                {
                    break;
                }

                version += string.Format(".{0}", versionSplit[i]);
            }

            return version;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the informational version.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <returns>The informational version.</returns>
        public static Version InformationalVersion(this Assembly assembly)
        {
            AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute version = GetAssemblyAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>(assembly);
            return version == null ? null : new Version(version.InformationalVersion);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the description of a specific assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <returns>The description of the assembly.</returns>
        public static string Description(this Assembly assembly)
        {
            return GetAssemblyAttributeValue(assembly, typeof(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute), "Description");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the product of a specific assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <returns>The product of the assembly.</returns>
        public static string Product(this Assembly assembly)
        {
            return GetAssemblyAttributeValue(assembly, typeof(AssemblyProductAttribute), "Product");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the copyright of a specific assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <returns>The copyright of the assembly.</returns>
        public static string Copyright(this Assembly assembly)
        {
            return GetAssemblyAttributeValue(assembly, typeof(AssemblyCopyrightAttribute), "Copyright");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the company of a specific assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <returns>The company of the assembly</returns>
        public static string Company(this Assembly assembly)
        {
            return GetAssemblyAttributeValue(assembly, typeof(AssemblyCompanyAttribute), "Company");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the path of a specific assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <returns>The path of the assembly.</returns>
        public static string Path(this Assembly assembly)
        {
#if SILVERLIGHT
            throw new NotSupportedInSilverlightException("Directories are protected");
#endif

            string location = assembly.Location;
            return location.Substring(0, location.LastIndexOf('\\'));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the assembly attribute.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TAttibute">The type of the attibute.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
        /// <returns>The attribute that the assembly is decorated with or <c>null</c> if the assembly is not decorated with the attribute.</returns>
        private static TAttibute GetAssemblyAttribute<TAttibute>(Assembly assembly) where TAttibute : Attribute
        {
            object[] attibutes = assembly.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(TAttibute), false);
            return attibutes.Length > 0 ? attibutes[0] as TAttibute : null;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the specific <see cref="Attribute"/> value of the attribute type in the specified assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assembly">Assembly to read the information from.</param>
        /// <param name="attribute">Attribute to read.</param>
        /// <param name="property">Property to read from the attribute.</param>
        /// <returns>Value of the attribute or empty if the attribute is not found.</returns>
        private static string GetAssemblyAttributeValue(Assembly assembly, Type attribute, string property)
        {
            object[] attributes = assembly.GetCustomAttributes(attribute, false);

            if (attributes.Length == 0)
            {
                return string.Empty;
            }

            object attributeValue = attributes[0];
            if (attributeValue == null)
            {
                return string.Empty;
            }

            Type attributeType = attributeValue.GetType();
            PropertyInfo propertyInfo = attributeType.GetProperty(property);
            if (propertyInfo == null)
            {
                return string.Empty;
            }

            object propertyValue = propertyInfo.GetValue(attributeValue, null);
            if (propertyValue == null)
            {
                return string.Empty;
            }

            return propertyValue.ToString();
        }
    }
}

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