C#•9mo ago

✅ Unreferenced classes not being included

How I have my codebase setup for reflection is to get all types that have a specific attribute (XeniaControllerAttribute) and extend a specific class (BaseService), it then creates an instance of all of those types found and calls a method on it. When I do that, it seems like classes that aren't referenced don't get called, and aren't even included in the main project (XeniaBot.Core) when compiling. Even the breakpoint doesn't work. Currently I have the debugger broken on the method that's called on one of those classes XeniaVersionService.InitializeAsync() and it never gets called. Hell, the breakpoint doesn't even work. https://res.kate.pet/upload/dda1477d3f2e/rider64_fz1KLaArzx.png When I add a breakpoint into my function that fetches all the services to load, it doesn't show XeniaVersionService at all when fetching all the types for the assembly that XeniaVersionService is in. https://res.kate.pet/upload/0471946350b5/eQHcs2gxgy.png I've disassembled the XeniaBot.Data library by itself and it includes the XeniaVersionService. https://res.kate.pet/upload/d45c9de1d711/dotPeek-232.0.20231101.171432_GRKD9P5Alc.png But the XeniaBot.Data.dll that is in the XeniaBot.Core bin folder, doesn't have XeniaVersionService. https://res.kate.pet/upload/f18fa620b99d/dotPeek-232.0.20231101.171432_VAkXvaFiZC.png

20 Replies

reflectronic•9mo ago

But the XeniaBot.Data.dll that is in the XeniaBot.Core bin folder, doesn't have XeniaVersionService.

how is it supposed to get there it feels lke the issue is just that you are looking at an old version

kate!OP•9mo ago

I'm directly referencing the XeniaBot.Data project in XeniaBot.Core

reflectronic•9mo ago

is XeniaBot.Core a library or an application

kate!OP•9mo ago

If I make changes somewhere else in XeniaBot.Data then check in XeniaBot.Core/bin/Deubg/net8.0/XeniaBot.Data.dll, it shows XeniaBot.Core is a console application, XeniaBot.Data is a class library.

reflectronic•9mo ago

what do you mean by 'it shows'

kate!OP•9mo ago

I'll send screenshot I'm using dotpeek to actually check if its included in the assembly

kate!OP•9mo ago

Made this change in XeniaBot.Data/Services/BanSyncService.cs, built the XeniaBot.Core project, and this is inside of XeniaBot.Core/bin/Debug/net8.0/XeniaBot.Data.dll https://res.kate.pet/upload/775bbcb063b0/dotPeek-232.0.20231101.171432_SS32Qf6KGo.png

reflectronic•9mo ago

but the classes are not there?

kate!OP•9mo ago

Nope All classes that aren't directly referenced, don't show when the XeniaBot.Data DLL is built for XeniaBot.Core

reflectronic•9mo ago

can you show the csproj for XeniaBot.Core and XeniaBot.Data

kate!OP•9mo ago

Yep, gms https://res.kate.pet/upload/f66d6ae02efc/XeniaBot.Core.csproj https://res.kate.pet/upload/33f3d6806fdb/XeniaBot.Data.csproj

reflectronic•9mo ago

<ItemGroup>
  <Reference Include="XeniaBot.Data">
    <HintPath>..\XeniaBot.WebPanel\bin\Debug\net8.0\XeniaBot.Data.dll</HintPath>
  </Reference>
</ItemGroup>

<ItemGroup>
  <Reference Include="XeniaBot.Data">
    <HintPath>..\XeniaBot.WebPanel\bin\Debug\net8.0\XeniaBot.Data.dll</HintPath>
  </Reference>
</ItemGroup>

this is a little sus, do you know why it's there \ it seems bad that you are referencing two DLLs named XeniaBot.Data.dll which are seemingly not the same

kate!OP•9mo ago

I'm not sure why that's there at all tbh, because when I added the project reference, I used the GUI in Rider

reflectronic•9mo ago

if you delete it what happens

kate!OP•9mo ago

Checking rn Yep, it shows now (and the breakpoint works)

kate!OP•9mo ago

https://res.kate.pet/upload/2d510afc22c7/HPSXNiUDKY.png

kate!OP•9mo ago

Thank you

reflectronic•9mo ago

i am not sure how that was the cause of the issue, but i guess as long as it works it’s OK