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FindRefs - Find Method, Property and Field References Originating From Your Assembly

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3 Apr 2007CPOL3 min read 27.8K   444   13  
A command line utility that analyzes your assembly and generates an XML file containing the methods, fields and properties referenced, grouped by assembly and type
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace Senthil.Tools
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args.Length == 0 || !File.Exists(args[0]))
            {
                ShowHelp("Valid assembly path required");
                return;
            }

            List<string> includedNamespaces;
            List<string> excludedNamespaces;
            ParseArguments(args, out includedNamespaces, out excludedNamespaces);

            FindRefs.FindReferences(args[0], new TypeFilter(includedNamespaces, excludedNamespaces));
            FindRefs.GenerateXML(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(args[0]) + ".xml");
        }

        private static void ShowHelp(string message)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("FindRefs - Find outgoing references from your assembly");
            Console.WriteLine("Written by :  S. Senthil Kumar");
            Console.WriteLine("Error : " + message);
        }

        static void ParseArguments(string[] args, out List<string> includeList, out List<string> excludeList)
        {
            bool parsingIncludes = false;
            bool parsingExcludes = false;

            includeList = new List<string>();
            excludeList = new List<string>();

            for (int i = 1; i < args.Length; ++i) // 0 is the input assembly, so skip it
            {
                if (args[i] == "-include")
                {
                    parsingIncludes = true;
                    parsingExcludes = false;
                    continue;
                }
                if (args[i] == "-exclude")
                {
                    parsingExcludes = true;
                    parsingIncludes = false;
                    continue;
                }

                if (parsingIncludes)
                {
                    includeList.Add(args[i]);
                }
                else if (parsingExcludes)
                {
                    excludeList.Add(args[i]);
                }
            }
        }
    }
 }

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