Ignoring Version in an assembly-qualified name passed to Type.GetType()

Question

Is it possible to get a Type via Type.GetType() when the assembly-qualified name passed into GetType() specifies a different Version than the version of the DLL that's actually loaded? If so, what is the behavior of GetType()?

I want to get a Type from an assembly regardless of what version the assembly is. I have a function which gets an assembly-qualified name as an argument:

Type someType = Type.GetType(someName);

The someName value corresponds to the Type I want to get, but it may not have the same Version specified as what is loaded in my application.

Answer 1

I've used this successfully:

Type type = Type.GetType(typeName, AssemblyResolver, null);

private static System.Reflection.Assembly AssemblyResolver(System.Reflection.AssemblyName assemblyName)
{
    assemblyName.Version = null;
    return System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(assemblyName);
}

Answer 2

In testing I found that GetType() will return the proper type even if the currently-loaded assembly's version does not match the value in the assembly-qualified name's Version field.