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> My program really only knows the interface, but I need to reference the
> concrete class which is instantiated by the library ... odd, actually
> isn't it? What happens if the library is altered (or just confugured
> differently) and returns another type of object, but which still
> implements IDirectoryWatch? Do I need to recompile my program?

No, I don't think so - it isn't a compilation issue (thus why VS did not
catch it). Reflection is all at runtime, so if the library changes to
instantiate a class from some other DLL, that other DLL will have just need
to be in a place it can be located (aka: same directory, windows/system32,
etc).

If you have access to the library code, you might test that by writing up a
quick new library with a class that implements the interface and try to
instatiate it without recompiling your app. Better to be safe than sorry
later :)

--
Adam Clauss


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