Getting the current instance from within a static method

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How do you get the current instance of an executing assembly from within a
static method? I'm trying to use the LicenseManager.Validate(type,instance)
method and having trouble calling it from within a static method
(specifically a console's Main()).

If it wasn't static, I'd just call
LicenseManager.Validate(typeof(currentClass), this), but this isn't available
when it's a static method.
 
If it wasn't static, I'd just call
LicenseManager.Validate(typeof(currentClass), this), but this isn't available
when it's a static method.
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There's simply no object instance to get in a static method. Perhaps
the other Validate overload that only takes a Type is more appropriate
for you?


Mattias
 
I know nothing about license managers, but I see that there is another
overload. Why wouldn't you just call.

LicenseManager.Validate(typeof(currentClass));

?
 
Hello,

Are you trying to do this in a static Main method for LicenseValidation...
is that why you have the problem?

VJ
 
Thanks.. that's what I was looking for... making sure there wasn't a way to
get the instance of the current class in a static method because that class
doesn't have an instance.

I got what I was looking for by creating a helper class... I just posted ot
make sure what I was doing wasn't just a workaround, but the only option.
 
Because the one you mentioned returns nothing (void) vs the one I'm trying to
use has a return value which I need.
 
Because the [overload of LicenseManager.Validate] you mentioned returns nothing (void) vs the one I'm trying to use has a return value which I need.

Ewww. I just went and looked at that now that you pointed it out.

Doesn't that violate generally accepted rules for creating overloads?
The documentation isn't even accurate: both methods are documented as:
"determines whether a license can be granted," but the second one
should also mention that the license _is_ granted if it can be granted:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fx418fwc(VS.80).aspx

Two overloads that do subtly different things. Yuck. I sent MS feedback
about the documentation.
 
Bruce Wood said:
Because the [overload of LicenseManager.Validate] you mentioned returns
nothing (void) vs the one I'm trying to use has a return value which I
need.
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Doesn't that violate generally accepted rules for creating overloads?
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Yes, the code (c# and vb.net) with overloads of a method with different
return type does not compile...

The documentation isn't even accurate: both methods are documented as:
"determines whether a license can be granted," but the second one
should also mention that the license _is_ granted if it can be granted:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fx418fwc(VS.80).aspx

Two overloads that do subtly different things. Yuck. I sent MS feedback
about the documentation.
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Mmmm... I never seen these classes but I see in MSDN that the istance on
wich the license is validated need to be marked with
[LicenseProvider(typeof(LicFileLicenseProvider))]This is the reason for wich
is needed an istance, and not why it is simply a different overload.
 
Fabio said:
Bruce Wood said:
Because the [overload of LicenseManager.Validate] you mentioned returns
nothing (void) vs the one I'm trying to use has a return value which I
need.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Doesn't that violate generally accepted rules for creating overloads?
Click to expand...

Yes, the code (c# and vb.net) with overloads of a method with different
return type does not compile...
Click to expand...

Yes it does - if the signatures differ, which they do in this case. The
problem here isn't a compilation issue, it's a semantic issue -
overloads *usually* shouldn't differ in return type, because they
should usually do the same kind of thing with different inputs.

In this case, the behaviour is signficantly different between the two
overloads.

Jon
 
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