Not able to find AssemblyFactory class using Mono.Cecil

Question

I am using the Mono.Cecil DLL file and writing this code:

AssemblyDefinition sourceAssembly = AssemblyFactory.GetAssembly(assemblyPath);

My project is not getting compiled, because it is not able to find the class "AssemblyFactory". As if this class is not present in the DLL file at all. I have added the mono.cecil.dll file as a reference to my project. Is this class present somewhere outside the DLL file, maybe in some other DLL file at the .NET level?

Answer 1

This simply means that you're using an up to date version of Mono.Cecil where this deprecated type has been removed.

Please have a look at the migration page on Cecil's wiki to know how to convert code for Cecil 0.9. You'll see that you just have to change this line to read:

var assembly = AssemblyDefinition.ReadAssembly(assemblyPath);