AIT.Tools.VisualStudioTextTransform.VisualStudioTextTemplateHost.ResolveAssemblyReference C# (CSharp) Method

        public string ResolveAssemblyReference(string assemblyReference)
        {
            var relative = ResolveFilePathPrivate(assemblyReference);
            if (File.Exists(relative))
            {
                return relative;
            }

            // try to load the assembly
            try
            {
                // Well yes it's obsolete, but see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11659594/load-latest-assembly-version-dynamically-from-gac
                // for the alternatives
                // - use all versions -> not possible here
                // - PInvoke -> bad and not cross plat
                // - Specifying the GAC directories directly -> bad
                var ass = Assembly.LoadWithPartialName(assemblyReference);

                if (ass != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(ass.Location))
                {
                    Source.TraceEvent(TraceEventType.Verbose, 0, "Could resolve the given string to an assembly: {0}", ass.Location);
                    return ass.Location;
                }

                throw new ArgumentException(Resources.VisualStudioTextTemplateHost_ResolveAssemblyReference_we_could_load_the_given_assembly_but_cannot_resolve_it_to_a_path_);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Source.TraceEvent(TraceEventType.Verbose, 0, Resources.VisualStudioTextTemplateHost_ResolveAssemblyReference_Error__Could_not_load_Assembly___0_, e);
                return assemblyReference;
            }
        }