Dapper/Dapper.Tests/SqlServerTypes/Loader.cs

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace SqlServerTypes
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Utility methods related to CLR Types for SQL Server 
    /// </summary>
    internal class Utilities
    {
        private static object _nativeLoadLock = new object();
        private static bool _nativeAssembliesLoaded = false;

        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
        private static extern IntPtr LoadLibrary(string libname);

        /// <summary>
        /// Loads the required native assemblies for the current architecture (x86 or x64)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="rootApplicationPath">
        /// Root path of the current application. Use Server.MapPath(".") for ASP.NET applications
        /// and AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory for desktop applications.
        /// </param>
        public static void LoadNativeAssemblies(string rootApplicationPath)
        {
            if (_nativeAssembliesLoaded)
                return;
            lock (_nativeLoadLock)
            {
                if (!_nativeAssembliesLoaded)
                {
                    var nativeBinaryPath = IntPtr.Size > 4
                        ? Path.Combine(rootApplicationPath, @"SqlServerTypes\x64\")
                        : Path.Combine(rootApplicationPath, @"SqlServerTypes\x86\");

                    LoadNativeAssembly(nativeBinaryPath, "msvcr100.dll");
                    LoadNativeAssembly(nativeBinaryPath, "SqlServerSpatial110.dll");
                    _nativeAssembliesLoaded = true;
                }
            }
        }

        private static void LoadNativeAssembly(string nativeBinaryPath, string assemblyName)
        {
            var path = Path.Combine(nativeBinaryPath, assemblyName);
            var ptr = LoadLibrary(path);
            if (ptr == IntPtr.Zero)
            {
                throw new Exception(string.Format(
                    "Error loading {0} (ErrorCode: {1})",
                    assemblyName,
                    Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()));
            }
        }
    }
}