How to resolve CA 1009 warning in Visual Studio

Question

I have some C# code that loads an assembly from a certain path like so:

assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(assemblyPath);

When I compile, Visual Studio Code Analysis throws this warning:

warning : CA2001 : Microsoft.Reliability : Remove the call to Assembly.LoadFrom ...

I'm looking for a way to resolve this warning (without suppressing it). Is there an alternative to LoadFrom that'll do that for me (I know LoadFile isn't it)?

Answer 1

If your code works and does what you expect, then overrule the warning. The warning is there to bring your attention to things that might have edge-cases. If you have read what it says about CA 1009, and you understand the caveats, then: move on.

For loading from a specific path, LoadFrom may be the correct call. The only ways to totally remove that would be to:

• remove the requirement to load from a specific path
• use a custom AppDomain with different probing-paths, and use MarshalByRefObject to chat between them