I have a managed dll – repro.dll, which contains class TestModuleCommand decorated with 2 attributes: System.ObsoleteAttribute and System.Management.Automation.CmdletAttribute (comes from System.Management.Automation.dll which is in the GAC in Windows 7)
namespace Test {
[System.Obsolete]
[System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet("Test", "Module")]
public class TestModuleCommand : System.Management.Automation.PSCmdlet {
protected override void ProcessRecord() {
this.WriteObject("In test-module");
}
}
}
If repro.dll is placed in a local directory, I can see both attributes returned from System.Type.GetCustomAttributes(false). If repro.dll is placed in a network path, then I can see only one attribute (although I still see both attributes via System.Reflection.CustomAttributeData.GetCustomAttributes(MemberInfo)). This is undesired – I want to see both attributes (I know that instantiating CmdletAttribute doesn’t have a security impact).
From what I found online, I am vaguely aware that repro.dll (if loaded from network location) cannot fully see S.M.A.dll. I think that CAS allows me to declare in System.Management.Automation that CmdletAttribute is safe, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to write that declaration. Where can I read more to fully understand what is going on? Any words of wisdom are welcomed.
Thanks,
Lukasz
PS. Below is a repro that anyone can try at a powershell.exe prompt (in Windows 7 - Add-Type cmdlet is new in PowerShell v2):
PS C:> Add-Type -TypeDefinition @"
>> namespace Test {
>> [System.Obsolete]
>> [System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet("Test", "Module")]
>> public class TestModuleCommand : System.Management.Automation.PSCmdlet {
>> protected override void ProcessRecord() {
>> this.WriteObject("In test-module");
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> "@ -OutputAssembly \axp-testscratchlukasza
epro.dll -OutputType Library
>>
PS C:> # local copy would work...
PS C:> # Copy \axp-testscratchlukasza
epro.dll ~
epro.dll
PS C:>
PS C:> $a = [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("\axp-testscratchlukasza
epro.dll")
PS C:> $t = $a.GetType("Test.TestModuleCommand")
PS C:> $t.GetCustomAttributes($false) # only 1 attribute is visible here
Message IsError TypeId
------- ------- ------
False System.ObsoleteAttribute
PS C:>
PS C:> [System.Reflection.CustomAttributeData]::GetCustomAttributes($t) # but I can see both attributes here
Constructor ConstructorArguments NamedArguments
----------- -------------------- --------------
Void .ctor(System.String, System.Str... {"Test", "Module"} {}
Void .ctor() {} {}
PS C:>
PS C:> $a.Evidence
SecurityZone
------------
Intranet