Start MelonHandler.cs, Streamlined Generics setup for Melons

MelonLoader/MelonLoader.Shared/Core.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using HarmonyLib;
 using MelonLoader.Interfaces;
+using MelonLoader.Melons;
 using MelonLoader.Properties;
 
 namespace MelonLoader
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ public static void Startup(string engineModulePath)
             module.Initialize();
 
             MelonUtils.Setup(AppDomain.CurrentDomain);
+
+            MelonHandler.LoadMelonsFromDirectory<MelonPlugin>(MelonEnvironment.PluginsDirectory);
         }
 
         public static void OnApplicationPreStart()

MelonLoader/MelonLoader.Shared/Melons/MelonBase.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+using HarmonyLib;
+
 namespace MelonLoader.Melons;
 
-public abstract class MelonBase
+public abstract class MelonBase<T> where T : MelonBase<T>
 {
-    private MelonInfoAttribute[] _games = new MelonInfoAttribute[0];
+    public MelonInfoAttribute Info { get; private set; }
+    public Harmony HarmonyInstance { get; private set; }
+
+    public static string TypeName { get; protected internal set; }
+
+    static MelonBase() => System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.RunClassConstructor(typeof(T).TypeHandle);
 
     public virtual void OnEarlyInitializeMelon() { }
     public virtual void OnInitializeMelon() { }

MelonLoader/MelonLoader.Shared/Melons/MelonHandler.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using MelonLoader.Utils;
+
+namespace MelonLoader.Melons;
+
+public static class MelonHandler
+{
+    public static void LoadMelonsFromDirectory<T>(string path) where T : MelonBase<T>
+    {
+        MelonLogger.WriteSpacer();
+        MelonLogger.Msg($"Loading {MelonBase<T>.TypeName}s from '{path}'...");
+    }
+}

MelonLoader/MelonLoader.Shared/Melons/MelonMod.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace MelonLoader.Melons;
+
+public abstract class MelonMod : MelonBase<MelonMod>
+{
+    static MelonMod() => TypeName = "Mod";
+
+}

MelonLoader/MelonLoader.Shared/Melons/MelonPlugin.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace MelonLoader.Melons;
+
+public abstract class MelonPlugin : MelonBase<MelonPlugin>
+{
+    static MelonPlugin() => TypeName = "Plugin";
+}