Use AppDomain to load/unload external assemblies

Question

My scenario is as follows:

• Create new AppDomain
• Load some assemblies into it
• Do some magic with loaded dlls
• Unload AppDomain to rele

Answer 1

Actually, combination of above answers pointed me to (I hope) correct answer: My code is now as follows:

AppDomain newDomain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("newDomain", e, setup);
string fullName = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName;
Type loaderType = typeof(AssemblyLoader);
FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"library.dll", FileMode.Open);
byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)fs.Length];
fs.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
fs.Close();

Assembly domainLoaded = newDomain.Load(buffer);
object loaded = Activator.CreateInstance(domainLoaded.GetTypes()[1]);
AppDomain.Unload(newDomain);
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();

I can't use AppDomain.CreateInstance, since it requires Assembly.FullName which I don't know - library is loaded dynamically.

Thanks for the help, Bolek.