WPF - resource check exists without handling structured exceptions

Question

Is there a way to check if a resource exists in an assembly without using exception handling? I am currently loading images from several assemblies, and if they do not exist, then I am handling an IOException, which causes quite a bit of overhead.

Answer 1

Something like this work for you?

// Member Variable string [] resourceNames; // Function Boolean ResourceExists(string resourceName) { if (resourceNames == null) { resourceNames = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames(); } return resourceNames.Contains(resourceName); }