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+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace uno.util
+{
+public class RegistrationClassFinder
+{
+    public static Type find( String url )
+    {
+        // LoadFrom can't handle escaped urls 
+        // #FIXME how does one do this in CSharp
+        Console.WriteLine( "## Find Url {0}", url );
+        url =  System.Uri.UnescapeDataString( url );
+        Console.WriteLine( "## Find Url escaped {0}", url );
+        url = url.Replace( "%20"," " ) ;
+        Console.WriteLine( "## after tweaking Url escaped {0}", url );
+        Assembly assem = Assembly.LoadFrom( url );
+        // we expect a component providing assembly to provide a Registration class
+        // name. The name is in the static field 'name' of a class called 
+        // 'component.RegistrationClass'. The 'name' is the actual name of the 
+        // class that provides the following component methods
+        // __getComponentFactory & __writeRegistryServiceInfo that are needed by the
+        // loader
+        // Of course we could use someother method, maybe bury the name in 
+        // the component.dll.config ?
+        FieldInfo f = assem.GetType("component.RegistrationClass").GetField( "name", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static );
+        String sTypeName = (String)f.GetValue( null );
+        // Try to find the RegistrationClass
+        return assem.GetType( sTypeName );
+        
+    }
+}
+}