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#pragma once


#include <geode/internal/geode_base.hpp>
#include "geode_defs.hpp"
//#include "SystemProperties.hpp"
//#include "../../impl/NativeWrapper.hpp"
//#include "../../Log.hpp"

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;

namespace Apache
{
  namespace Geode
  {
    namespace Client
    {

    /// <summary>
    /// Some static utility methods.
    /// </summary>
    public ref class Utils STATICCLASS
    {
    public:

      /// <summary>
      /// Load a method from the given assembly path using the default
      /// constructor (if not a static method) of the given type.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="assemblyPath">The path of the assembly.</param>
      /// <param name="typeName">
      /// The name of the class containing the method.
      /// </param>
      /// <param name="methodName">The name of the method.</param>
      /// <returns>
      /// The <c>System.Reflection.MethodInfo</c> for the given method,
      /// or null if the method is not found.
      /// </returns>
      static MethodInfo^ LoadMethod( String^ assemblyPath,
	      String^ typeName, String^ methodName);

      /// <summary>
      /// Load a method from the given assembly name using the default
      /// constructor (if not a static method) of the given type.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="assemblyName">The name of the assembly.</param>
      /// <param name="typeName">
      /// The name of the class containing the method.
      /// </param>
      /// <param name="methodName">The name of the method.</param>
      /// <returns>
      /// The <c>System.Reflection.MethodInfo</c> for the given method,
      /// or null if the method is not found.
      /// </returns>
      static MethodInfo^ LoadMethodFrom( String^ assemblyName,
	      String^ typeName, String^ methodName);

    };
    }  // namespace Client
  }  // namespace Geode
}  // namespace Apache

