Question

I got stuck when trying to get all inherited classes in metro. The WinRT API is different from .net framework, so both the solutions (solution1 and solution2) don’t work.

Any code or tool solution is appreciated.

I’m still trying. I will put my solution here if success.

Answer 1

This should work (based on the code from here):

public IEnumerable<T> GetEnumerableOfType<T>(params object[] constructorArgs) where T : class, IComparable<T>
{
    List<T> objects = new List<T>();
    foreach (Type type in typeof(T).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.ExportedTypes
                                   .Where(myType => myType.GetTypeInfo().IsClass && 
                                                    !myType.GetTypeInfo().IsAbstract && 
                                                    myType.GetTypeInfo().IsSubclassOf(typeof(T))))
    {
        objects.Add((T)Activator.CreateInstance(type, constructorArgs));
    }
    objects.Sort();
    return objects;
}

Basically TypeInfo is now the main class for doing any reflection operations and you can get it by calling GetTypeInfo() on the Type.