Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() available in .NET Core?

Question

Need to embed a json file as a source for testing in my .NET Core application. The author of this post http://codeopinion.com/asp-net-core-embedded-resource/ provided sample code that included the use of var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();However when I try this I get the error: Cannot resolve symbol ‘GetExecutingAssembly’ and ‘Assembly’ does not contain a definition for ‘GetExecuringAssembly’

Answer 1

If you are targeting .NET Standard 1.5 or above, you may call any of the following:

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(); System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly(); System.Reflection.Assembly.GetCallingAssembly(); 

If targeting earlier versions of .NET Standard then the typeof(SomeClass).GetTypeInfo().Assembly method is the only way.

Answer 2

There is no "static" Assembly class in .NET Standard prior to version 1.5. Instead you have to do something like:

typeof(<AClassHere>).GetTypeInfo().Assembly 

Where <AClassHere> should be replaced by the name of a class/type in the assembly you wish to load.