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I tried subclassing the QCAlgorithm class hoping to add a few functions to make some code easier read but it looks like the way we're finding the algorithm has a bug that doesn't look in the descendants. I guess we're using reflection and not recursing on Type.BaseType, ideally we could just be checking for typeof(IAlgorithm).IsAssignableFrom(type) -- or even better, couldn't we use MEF to compose the available algorithms at runtime?
Anyways, I just spilled some thoughts when in reality the first thing I should do is ask... has anyone had success doing this already and maybe I'm doing something else incorrectly?
Jared Broad
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Michael H
Type baseClassType = Type.GetType(baseClassName); if (baseClassType == null) { throw new ArgumentException("Invalid type name: " + baseClassName); } typeNames = (from t in types where t.IsClass && t != baseClassType // must be class and not the base type where baseClassType.IsAssignableFrom(t) // must be assignable to the base class (derives from) where t.GetConstructor(Type.EmptyTypes) != null // must have a default constructor (should we require public) where !t.IsAbstract // must not be abstract, otherwise we can't construct it!! select t.FullName ).ToList();Michael H
Jared Broad
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Michael H
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