diff --git a/Runtime/Utilities/ReflectionUtility.cs b/Runtime/Utilities/ReflectionUtility.cs
index 8b4d3f2..b929151 100644
--- a/Runtime/Utilities/ReflectionUtility.cs
+++ b/Runtime/Utilities/ReflectionUtility.cs
@@ -11,19 +11,28 @@ namespace StansAssets.Foundation
     /// </summary>
     public static class ReflectionUtility
     {
-        static readonly string[] s_BuiltInAssemblyPrefixes = { "Mono.", "Unity.", "UnityEngine", "UnityEditor", "System", "mscorlib" };
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Collection of predefined built-in assembly prefixes. <c>Mono.</c>, <c>UnityEditor.</c>, <c>Unity.</c>, <c>UnityEngine</c>, <c>System</c> and <c>mscorlib</c> prefixes included.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly string[] BuiltInAssemblyPrefixes = { "Mono.", "UnityEditor.", "Unity.", "UnityEngine", "System", "mscorlib" };
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates an instance of the specified <see cref="System.Type"/> using that type's parameterless constructor.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="typeFullName">Full type name of the instance to create.</param>
         /// <returns>New <see cref="System.Object"/> instance of the specified type.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="typeFullName"/> parameter is <c>null</c>.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException"><see cref="System.Type"/> specified with <paramref name="typeFullName"/> doesn't have default parameterless constructor.</exception>
         public static object CreateInstance(string typeFullName)
         {
+            if (typeFullName == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(typeFullName));
+            
             var type = FindType(typeFullName);
-            return type != null && type.HasDefaultConstructor()
-                ? Activator.CreateInstance(type)
-                : null;
+            if (!type.HasDefaultConstructor())
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Type {typeFullName} doesn't have default parameterless constructor.");
+
+            return Activator.CreateInstance(type);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -31,40 +40,45 @@ public static object CreateInstance(string typeFullName)
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="typeFullName">Full type's name to search for.</param>
         /// <returns><see cref="System.Type"/> object found via specified <paramref name="typeFullName"/>.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="typeFullName"/> parameter is <c>null</c>.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">No types matching <paramref name="typeFullName"/> found in current application domain.</exception>
         public static Type FindType(string typeFullName)
         {
+            if (typeFullName == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(typeFullName));
+            
             var assemblies = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();
             return assemblies
                 .SelectMany(assembly => assembly.GetTypes())
-                .FirstOrDefault(type => type.FullName == null || type.FullName.Equals(typeFullName));
+                .First(type => type.FullName == null || type.FullName.Equals(typeFullName));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Searched for the implementations of the <see cref="System.Type"/> specified with <typeparamref name="T"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="ignoreBuiltIn"><c>true</c> if the built-in assemblies have to be skipped. If set to <c>false</c>, no assemblies will be skipped.</param>
+        /// <param name="ignoreAssemblyPrefixes">Collection of assembly prefixes to skip. The <see cref="System.Reflection.Assembly"/> will be ignored if its name <i><b>starts with</b></i> one of these prefixes.</param>
         /// <typeparam name="T">Specifies the <see cref="System.Type"/> whose implementations to search for.</typeparam>
         /// <returns>A collection of <see cref="System.Type"/> objects that are implementations of <typeparamref name="T"/>.</returns>
-        public static IEnumerable<Type> FindImplementationsOf<T>(bool ignoreBuiltIn = false)
+        public static IEnumerable<Type> FindImplementationsOf<T>(IEnumerable<string> ignoreAssemblyPrefixes = null)
         {
             var baseType = typeof(T);
-            return FindImplementationsOf(baseType, ignoreBuiltIn);
+            return FindImplementationsOf(baseType, ignoreAssemblyPrefixes);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the assemblies that have been loaded into the execution context of this application domain.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="ignoreBuiltIn"><c>true</c> if the built-in assemblies have to be skipped. If set to <c>false</c>, no assemblies will be skipped.</param>
+        /// <param name="ignoreAssemblyPrefixes">Collection of assembly prefixes to skip. The <see cref="System.Reflection.Assembly"/> will be ignored if its name <i><b>starts with</b></i> one of these prefixes.</param>
         /// <returns>A collection of assemblies in this application domain.</returns>
-        public static IEnumerable<Assembly> GetAssemblies(bool ignoreBuiltIn = false)
+        public static IEnumerable<Assembly> GetAssemblies(IEnumerable<string> ignoreAssemblyPrefixes = null)
         {
             IEnumerable<Assembly> assemblies = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();
 
-            if (ignoreBuiltIn)
+            if (ignoreAssemblyPrefixes != null)
             {
                 assemblies = assemblies.Where(assembly => {
                     var assemblyName = assembly.GetName().Name;
-                    return !s_BuiltInAssemblyPrefixes.Any(prefix => assemblyName.StartsWith(prefix));
+                    return !BuiltInAssemblyPrefixes.Any(prefix => assemblyName.StartsWith(prefix));
                 });
             }
 
@@ -75,11 +89,15 @@ public static IEnumerable<Assembly> GetAssemblies(bool ignoreBuiltIn = false)
         /// Searched for the implementations of the <see cref="System.Type"/> specified with <paramref name="baseType"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="baseType">Specifies the <see cref="System.Type"/> whose implementations to search for.</param>
-        /// <param name="ignoreBuiltIn"><c>true</c> if the built-in assemblies have to be skipped. If set to <c>false</c>, no assemblies will be skipped.</param>
+        /// <param name="ignoreAssemblyPrefixes">Collection of assembly prefixes to skip. The <see cref="System.Reflection.Assembly"/> will be ignored if its name <i><b>starts with</b></i> one of these prefixes.</param>
         /// <returns>A collection of <see cref="System.Type"/> objects that are implementations of <paramref name="baseType"/>.</returns>
-        public static IEnumerable<Type> FindImplementationsOf(Type baseType, bool ignoreBuiltIn = false)
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="baseType"/> parameter is <c>null</c>.</exception>
+        public static IEnumerable<Type> FindImplementationsOf(Type baseType, IEnumerable<string> ignoreAssemblyPrefixes = null)
         {
-            var assemblies = GetAssemblies(ignoreBuiltIn);
+            if (baseType == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(baseType));
+            
+            var assemblies = GetAssemblies(ignoreAssemblyPrefixes);
 
             return assemblies
                 .SelectMany(assembly => assembly.GetTypes())
@@ -93,9 +111,22 @@ public static IEnumerable<Type> FindImplementationsOf(Type baseType, bool ignore
         /// <param name="propName">The string containing the name of the public property to get.</param>
         /// <param name="bindingAttr">A bitwise combination of the enumeration values that specify how the search is conducted.</param>
         /// <returns>The property value of the specified object.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="propName"/> parameter is <c>null</c>.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="TargetException">The target <paramref name="src"/> object is <c>null</c>.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Property specified with the <paramref name="propName"/> not found.</exception>
         public static object GetPropertyValue(object src, string propName, BindingFlags bindingAttr = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public)
         {
-            return src.GetType().GetProperty(propName, bindingAttr)?.GetValue(src, null);
+            if (propName == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(propName));
+            
+            if (src == null)
+                throw new TargetException($"Target {nameof(src)} object is null.");
+
+            var property = src.GetType().GetProperty(propName, bindingAttr);
+            if (property == null)
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Property with '{propName}' name not found");
+            
+            return property.GetValue(src, null);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -106,9 +137,22 @@ public static object GetPropertyValue(object src, string propName, BindingFlags
         /// <param name="propValue">The new property value.</param>
         /// <param name="bindingAttr">A bitwise combination of the enumeration values that specify how the search is conducted.</param>
         /// <typeparam name="T">Specifies the <see cref="System.Type"/> of property value to set.</typeparam>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="propName"/> parameter is <c>null</c>.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="TargetException">The target <paramref name="src"/> object is <c>null</c>.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Property specified with the <paramref name="propName"/> not found.</exception>
         public static void SetPropertyValue<T>(object src, string propName, T propValue, BindingFlags bindingAttr = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public)
         {
-            src.GetType().GetProperty(propName, bindingAttr)?.SetValue(src, propValue);
+            if (propName == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(propName));
+
+            if (src == null)
+                throw new TargetException($"Target {nameof(src)} object is null.");
+            
+            var property = src.GetType().GetProperty(propName, bindingAttr);
+            if (property == null)
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Property with '{propName}' name not found");
+            
+            property.SetValue(src, propValue);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -116,12 +160,12 @@ public static void SetPropertyValue<T>(object src, string propName, T propValue,
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="methodBindingFlags">A bitwise combination of the enumeration values that specify how the search is conducted.</param>
         /// <param name="inherit"><c>true</c> to search this member's inheritance chain to find the attributes; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</param>
-        /// <param name="ignoreBuiltIn"><c>true</c> if the built-in assemblies have to be skipped. If set to <c>false</c>, no assemblies will be skipped.</param>
+        /// <param name="ignoreAssemblyPrefixes">Collection of assembly prefixes to skip. The <see cref="System.Reflection.Assembly"/> will be ignored if its name <i><b>starts with</b></i> one of these prefixes.</param>
         /// <typeparam name="T">Specifies the <see cref="System.Type"/> of the custom attribute to search for.</typeparam>
         /// <returns>A collection of <see cref="System.Reflection.MethodInfo"/> objects representing all methods defined for the current <see cref="System.Type"/> that match the specified binding constraints and attributes type.</returns>
-        public static IEnumerable<MethodInfo> FindMethodsWithCustomAttributes<T>(BindingFlags methodBindingFlags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, bool inherit = true, bool ignoreBuiltIn = false) where T : Attribute
+        public static IEnumerable<MethodInfo> FindMethodsWithCustomAttributes<T>(BindingFlags methodBindingFlags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, bool inherit = true, IEnumerable<string> ignoreAssemblyPrefixes = null) where T : Attribute
         {
-            var assemblies = GetAssemblies(ignoreBuiltIn);
+            var assemblies = GetAssemblies(ignoreAssemblyPrefixes);
 
             return assemblies
                 .SelectMany(assembly => assembly.GetTypes())
diff --git a/Tests/Editor/Utilities/ReflectionUtilityTests.cs b/Tests/Editor/Utilities/ReflectionUtilityTests.cs
index 7066834..702761e 100644
--- a/Tests/Editor/Utilities/ReflectionUtilityTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/Editor/Utilities/ReflectionUtilityTests.cs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public void CreateInstanceValid(Type type)
         [TestCase(typeof(ClassWithPrivateConstructor))]
         public void CreateInstanceInvalid(Type type)
         {
-            Assert.IsNull(ReflectionUtility.CreateInstance(type.FullName), $"Failed to create instance for:{type.FullName}");
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => ReflectionUtility.CreateInstance(type.FullName), $"Failed to create instance for:{type.FullName}");
         }
 
         [TestCase("System.Int32")]
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public void FindTypeValid(string fullTypeName)
         [TestCase("System.ClassDoesNotExist")]
         public void FindTypeInvalid(string fullTypeName)
         {
-            Assert.IsNull(ReflectionUtility.FindType(fullTypeName), $"Type {fullTypeName} not found");
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => ReflectionUtility.FindType(fullTypeName), $"Type {fullTypeName} should NOT be found in this case");
         }
 
         class TestAssembly
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public void GetAllAssemblies()
         [Test]
         public void GetAllAssembliesWithoutBuiltIn()
         {
-            var assemblies = ReflectionUtility.GetAssemblies(true).ToList();
+            var assemblies = ReflectionUtility.GetAssemblies(ReflectionUtility.BuiltInAssemblyPrefixes).ToList();
             Assert.True(assemblies.Any(), "Assemblies collection is empty");
 
             var assembliesSearchMap = new Dictionary<TestAssembly, bool>();
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ public void SetPropertyValue()
         [Test]
         public void FindMethodsWithCustomAttributes()
         {
-            var allMethodInfos = ReflectionUtility.FindMethodsWithCustomAttributes<FancyAttribute>(ignoreBuiltIn: true).ToList();
-            var nonInheritedMethodInfos = ReflectionUtility.FindMethodsWithCustomAttributes<FancyAttribute>(inherit: false, ignoreBuiltIn: true).ToList();
+            var allMethodInfos = ReflectionUtility.FindMethodsWithCustomAttributes<FancyAttribute>(ignoreAssemblyPrefixes: ReflectionUtility.BuiltInAssemblyPrefixes).ToList();
+            var nonInheritedMethodInfos = ReflectionUtility.FindMethodsWithCustomAttributes<FancyAttribute>(inherit: false, ignoreAssemblyPrefixes: ReflectionUtility.BuiltInAssemblyPrefixes).ToList();
 
             Assert.True(allMethodInfos.Count == 2, "Incorrect amount of methods with custom attribute (inheritances included)");
             Assert.True(nonInheritedMethodInfos.Count == 1, "Incorrect amount of methods with custom attribute (inheritances NOT included)");