List of Framework interfaces in c#

Question

Newbie in c# there are many framework interfaces like iDisposable, Iqueryable,IEnumerable available which have different uses Is there a list available for such system interfaces which can be used as ready reference

Answer 1

WELL, below is a quick script I ran to scan my computer's .NET assemblies and find all the interface types defined within them

The output file was 1657 lines long*, so... you might want to narrow your search a bit ;)

Console.Write("Enter a path to write the list of interfaces to: ");
string savePath = Console.ReadLine();

var errors = new List<string>();
using (var writer = new StreamWriter(savePath))
{
    string dotNetPath = @"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework";
    string[] dllFiles = Directory.GetFiles(dotNetPath, "*.dll", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

    foreach (string dllFilePath in dllFiles)
    {
        try
        {
            Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFile(dllFilePath);
            var interfaceTypes = assembly.GetTypes()
                .Where(t => t.IsInterface);
            foreach (Type interfaceType in interfaceTypes)
            {
                writer.WriteLine(interfaceType.FullName);
                Console.WriteLine(interfaceType.FullName);
            }
        }
        catch
        {
            errors.Add(string.Format("Unable to load assembly '{0}'.", dllFilePath));
        }
    }
}

foreach (string err in errors)
{
    Console.WriteLine(err);
}

Console.ReadLine();

_{*And to be honest, I don't even know how comprehensive this approach was.}