Added a LoadBatchCompilation override that accepts a list of types

Author: bounav

src/Spark/Compiler/BatchCompiler.cs

@@ -338,8 +338,6 @@ public Assembly Compile(bool debug, string languageOrExtension, string outputAss
         this.AddNetCoreDefaultReferences();
 #endif
 
-        // TODO: Is this needed?
-        //this.AddAssembly(typeof(System.Drawing.Color));
         foreach(var assemblyLocation in settings.UseAssemblies)
         {
             // Assumes full path to assemblies

src/Spark/ISparkViewEngine.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 // 
+
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Reflection;
 using Spark.FileSystem;
@@ -34,6 +36,20 @@ public interface ISparkViewEngine
 
         Assembly BatchCompilation(IList<SparkViewDescriptor> descriptors);
         Assembly BatchCompilation(string outputAssembly, IList<SparkViewDescriptor> descriptors);
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get all the exported types in the assembly and loads the ones assignable from <see cref="ISparkView"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="assembly"></param>
+        /// <seealso cref="LoadBatchCompilation(Type[])"/>
+        /// <returns>A list of <see cref="SparkViewDescriptor"/> for every loaded type.</returns>
         IList<SparkViewDescriptor> LoadBatchCompilation(Assembly assembly);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads the specified types (when assignable from <see cref="ISparkView"/>) into the <see cref="ICompiledViewHolder"/> implemenation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="types"></param>
+        /// <returns>A list of <see cref="SparkViewDescriptor"/> for every loaded type.</returns>
+        IList<SparkViewDescriptor> LoadBatchCompilation(Type[] assembly);
     }
 }

src/Spark/SparkViewEngine.cs

@@ -229,11 +229,29 @@ public Assembly BatchCompilation(string outputAssembly, IList<SparkViewDescripto
             return assembly;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get all the exported types in the assembly and loads the ones assignable from <see cref="ISparkView"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="assembly"></param>
+        /// <seealso cref="LoadBatchCompilation(Type[])"/>
+        /// <returns>A list of <see cref="SparkViewDescriptor"/> for every loaded type.</returns>
         public IList<SparkViewDescriptor> LoadBatchCompilation(Assembly assembly)
+        {
+            var exportedTypes = assembly.GetExportedTypes();
+
+            return LoadBatchCompilation(exportedTypes);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads the specified types (when assignable from <see cref="ISparkView"/>) into the <see cref="ICompiledViewHolder"/> implemenation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="types"></param>
+        /// <returns>A list of <see cref="SparkViewDescriptor"/> for every loaded type.</returns>
+        public IList<SparkViewDescriptor> LoadBatchCompilation(Type[] types)
         {
             var descriptors = new List<SparkViewDescriptor>();
 
-            foreach (var type in assembly.GetExportedTypes())
+            foreach (var type in types)
             {
                 if (!typeof(ISparkView).IsAssignableFrom(type))
                 {