Why does Assembly.GetTypes() require references?

Question

I want to get all of the types from my assembly, but I don\'t have the references, nor do I care about them. What does finding the interface types have to do with the refere

Answer 1

An alternative to using the reflection only context might be Mono.Cecil by Jb Evain which is also available via NuGet.

ModuleDefinition module = ModuleDefinition.ReadModule(myAssemblyPath);
Collection types = module.Types;