Dynamic factory loading

DynamicFactoryLoading.cs

/*
 * You will need "using System.Reflection;"
 * This method allows you to dynamically load a specific factory that inherits from a base factory.
 * The variable "factoryAssembly" is a string that represents the path to the factory DLL.
 * The variable "factoryClass" is a string that represents class to be instantiated.
 */

public BaseFactory GetFactory(string factoryAssembly, string factoryClass)
{
  Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFile(factoryAssembly);
  Type type = assembly.GetType(factoryClass);
  object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(type);
  return (BaseFactory)obj;
}