By all your powers combined I use this helper class for reading resources from any assembly and any namespace in a generic way.
public class ResourceReader
{
public static IEnumerable<string> FindEmbededResources<TAssembly>(Func<string, bool> predicate)
{
if (predicate == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(predicate));
return
GetEmbededResourceNames<TAssembly>()
.Where(predicate)
.Select(name => ReadEmbededResource(typeof(TAssembly), name))
.Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x));
}
public static IEnumerable<string> GetEmbededResourceNames<TAssembly>()
{
var assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(TAssembly));
return assembly.GetManifestResourceNames();
}
public static string ReadEmbededResource<TAssembly, TNamespace>(string name)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(name));
return ReadEmbededResource(typeof(TAssembly), typeof(TNamespace), name);
}
public static string ReadEmbededResource(Type assemblyType, Type namespaceType, string name)
{
if (assemblyType == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(assemblyType));
if (namespaceType == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(namespaceType));
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(name));
return ReadEmbededResource(assemblyType, $"{namespaceType.Namespace}.{name}");
}
public static string ReadEmbededResource(Type assemblyType, string name)
{
if (assemblyType == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(assemblyType));
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(name));
var assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(assemblyType);
using (var resourceStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(name))
{
if (resourceStream == null) return null;
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(resourceStream))
{
return streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
}