How do I get the version number of each DLL that has my MEF plugins?

Question

I\'ve got a number of classes which implement IDessertPlugin. These are found in various DLLs which I use MEF to spin up instances of them to use as plug-in functi

Answer 1

So, the solution to my problem was pretty straightforward after the parts have been composed. I was trying to dig down into the MEF objects themselves rather than look into the container that holds all the plug-ins I've loaded. The answer was to totally ignore the fact of how those plug-ins were being loaded and just look at the instantiated objects themselves.

My plugin managing code has an entry like so:

[ImportMany(typeof(IDessertPlugin)]
private IEnumerable dessertPlugins;

and once the container parts composition has taken place, I could iterate through my plug-ins like so:

foreach(var plugin in dessertPlugins)
{
   Console.WriteLine(Assembly.GetAssembly(plugin.GetType()).GetName().Version.ToString());
}