Converting .cs file to Type object in c#

Question

Currently I'm trying to programmatically, File.ReadAllText a C# (.cs) file and convert it to a Type object so I can access the Type.GetMethods() function (and the rest of the functions). This .cs file is NOT in the same project, which is why I cannot just call the class in the code itself.

Only issue is I cannot find the way to do this. I've tried the following below by converting a String to a Type Object with the TypeDescriptor, but it failed with an error.

Code:

string code = File.ReadAllText(PathToHomeControllerFile);
Type t = (Type)TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(String)).ConvertTo(code, typeof(Type));

string methods = string.Join(",", t.GetMethods().Select(p => p.Name));
Console.WriteLine(methods);

File I'm trying to convert (HomeController.cs):

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace TestApplication.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        public ActionResult TestAction() 
        {
            return View();
        }
    }
}

Error:

'StringConverter' is unable to convert 'System.String' to 'System.Type'.

How do I achieve my goal?

Answer 1

Since I was working with VSIX Extensions, I could simply go with CodeModel.CodeElements as stated in the comments on the original post. I found an answer by another fellow Stackoverflower and that did the trick.

Visual Studio Extension get all classes and interfaces metadata