Resource Loader

Resourceloader.cs

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
public static class ResourceLoader
	{
		public static Stream GetEmbeddedResourceStream(string resourceFileName)
		{
			var assembly = typeof(ResourceLoader).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
			return GetEmbeddedResourceStream(assembly, resourceFileName);
		}

		public static Stream GetEmbeddedResourceStream(Assembly assembly, string resourceFileName)
		{
			var resourceNames = assembly.GetManifestResourceNames();

			var resourcePaths = resourceNames
				.Where(x => x.EndsWith(resourceFileName, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
				.ToArray();

			if (!resourcePaths.Any()) {
				throw new Exception(string.Format("Resource ending with {0} not found.", resourceFileName));
			}

			if (resourcePaths.Count() > 1) {
				throw new Exception(string.Format("Multiple resources ending with {0} found: {1}{2}", resourceFileName, Environment.NewLine, string.Join(Environment.NewLine, resourcePaths)));
			}

			return assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourcePaths.Single());
		}


		public static string GetEmbeddedResourceString(string resourceFileName)
		{
			var assembly = typeof(ResourceLoader).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
			return GetEmbeddedResourceString(assembly, resourceFileName);
		}

		public static string GetEmbeddedResourceString(Assembly assembly, string resourceFileName)
		{
			var stream = GetEmbeddedResourceStream(assembly, resourceFileName);

			using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream)) {
				return streamReader.ReadToEnd();
			}
		}