Can I use Activator.CreateInstance with an Interface?

.net, .net-assembly, activator, c#, reflection

Solution

This is some code i have used a few times. It finds all types in an assembly that implement a certain interface:

Type[] iLoadTypes = (from t in Assembly.Load("ClassLibrary1").GetExportedTypes()
                     where !t.IsInterface && !t.IsAbstract
                     where typeof(ILoad).IsAssignableFrom(t)
                     select t).ToArray();

Then you have all types in ClassLibrary1 that implement `ILoad`.

You could then instantiate all of them:

ILoad[] instantiatedTypes = 
    iLoadTypes.Select(t => (ILoad)Activator.CreateInstance(t)).ToArray();

Problem

I have an example: ``` Assembly asm = Assembly.Load("ClassLibrary1"); Type ob = asm.GetType("ClassLibrary1.UserControl1"); UserControl uc = (UserControl)Activator.CreateInstance(ob); grd.Children.Add(uc); ``` There I'm creating an instance of a class, but how can I create an instance of a class which implements some interface? i.e. UserControl1 implements ILoad interface. U: I can cast object to interface later, but I don't know which type in the assemblies implements the interface.

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