Publicizer

Allows access to normally private members of referenced assemblies.

Usage

Add the package to your project and then add an item PublicizeAssembly for every you want to access. Optionally you can specify how far to open the assembly.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <!-- Add the package reference -->
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="RedworkDE.Publicizer" Version="0.1.0" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <!-- Optionally specify defaults for how to process assemblies, when not specified for the individual assemblies -->
  <PropertyGroup>
    <!-- Make only internal members accessible -->
    <DefaultPublicizeInternal>True</DefaultPublicizeInternal>
    
    <!-- Make all members accessible, this superceedes Internal when set to True -->
    <DefaultPublicizePrivate>False</DefaultPublicizePrivate>
    
    <!-- Make readonly fields writeable -->
    <DefaultPublicizeReadonly>False</DefaultPublicizeReadonly>
    
    <!-- The default backing field for events has the same name as the event, causing a name conflict when making private fields accessible -->
    <!-- If this property is false, this conflict is resolved by not making the backing field accessible -->
    <!-- Otherwise the event is removed, allowing access you to also invoke the event from the outside -->
    <DefaultPublicizeEventBackingField>True</DefaultPublicizeEventBackingField>
    
    <!-- Make all assemblies accessible, PublicizeAssembly can still be used to specify how assemblies are processed -->
    <PublicizeAll>False</PublicizeAll>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <!-- Specify how each assembly is processed -->
  <ItemGroup>
    <!-- Make AssemblyToAccess1 accessible with the default settings -->
    <PublicizeAssemblies Include="AssemblyToAccess1" />
    
    <!-- Make AssemblyToAccess2 accessible including private and readonly members, keeping the default for EventBackingField -->
    <PublicizeAssemblies Include="AssemblyToAccess2" Private="True" Readonly="True" />
    
    <!-- Process AssemblyToAccess3 but don't make any members accessible, may be useful together with PublicizeAll -->
    <PublicizeAssemblies Include="AssemblyToAccess3" Internal="False" Private="False" Readonly="False" EventBackingField="False" />

  </ItemGroup>
</Project>