[Mono-list] Missing Interfaces in corlib

[Nick Drochak]

Derek,

This problem intrigued me just a bit, so I came up with a very simple
tool that seems to do the job.  It's in mcs/tools called IFaceDisco.
Just give it an interface and it will tell you the types that implement
it directly.

I spot checked the output on several interfaces with the MSDN docs, and
it seems to be the same.  Let me know if you have any problems or
questions.

HTH,
Nick D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-list-admin@ximian.com 
> [mailto:mono-list-admin@ximian.com] On Behalf Of Derek Holden
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:26 AM
> To: Nick Drochak
> Cc: 'Mono List'
> Subject: RE: [Mono-list] Missing Interfaces in corlib
> 
> 
> Hmm, not the most optimal solution. In discussing the 
> IConvertible stuff I 
> was hoping to find all classes that implement it directly. I 
> say add it if 
> you don't mind, it may help me in some of the formatting stuff also.
> 
> At 1/14/2002 10:05 AM, Nick Drochak wrote:
> > > Would it be easy to modify your tool that did this so 
> that given a 
> > > particular Interface, it could generate a complete list 
> of classes 
> > > in mscorlib that implements that interface? I only see  
> corcompare 
> > > in mcs/tools, so I apologize for asking if it's included 
> somewhere.
> > >
> >
> >Probably would be better to have a separate tool for this for now.
> >
> >I tried to make it, but found out that when you call 
> GetInterfaces() on 
> >a type, it runtime walks the whole hierarchy and returns any and all 
> >interfaces implemented all the way up to System.Object.
> >
> >So it depends on what you want to know.  The MSDN docs show 
> the classes 
> >that directly implement a particular interface, but the tool I wrote 
> >real quick will tell you all the types that implement the iface 
> >directly or through one of their ancestors; e.g. my tool says that 
> >System.AppDomainUnloadedException implements Iserializable.  It does 
> >through it's ancestor, Exception.
> >
> >If that's what you need (or would be useful to anyone else) 
> I can add 
> >it to the tools directory.  It's *very* simple.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Nick D.
> 
> 
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