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System.Reflection is a namespace of the .NET framework. It contains types that retrieve information about assemblies, modules, members, parameters, and other entities in managed code by examining their metadata.

System.Reflection is a namespace of the .NET framework. It contains types that retrieve information about assemblies, modules, members, parameters, and other entities in managed code by examining their metadata.

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Why does ICustomAttributeProvider.GetCustomAttributes() return object[] instead of Attribute[]?

Why does ICustomAttributeProvider.GetCustomAttributes() return object[] instead of Attribute[]? Is there any circumstance when using the ICustomAttributeProvider implementations from mscorlib and System assemblies will return objects that are not of…
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Create object instance of a class from its name in string variable

I don't know whether this is possible or not, but I would like to know if it is and, if so, how it works. So here is my question: I have 2-3 custom model classes of my own. For example, Customer, Employee and Product. I also have a class name in a…
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How are CIL 'fault' clauses different from 'catch' clauses in C#?

According to the CLI standard (Partition IIA, chapter 19) and the MSDN reference page for the System.Reflection.ExceptionHandlingClauseOptions enum, there are four different kinds of exception handler blocks: catch clauses: "Catch all objects of…
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Get Types in assembly (error: System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException)

I'm receiving an Exception of type "Exception Details: System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information." with the following code: public…
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Null Reference Exception with System.Reflection.Assembly

I have developed a Library for internal email reporting. When I am using that Library from another project (By Adding Reference). It gives NullReferenceException on the following line.…
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Get assembly version in PCL

I have the following line of code in .NET 4.5 that I am trying to build as Portable Class Library. It's purpose is to get assembly version: this.GetType().Assembly.GetName().Version.Major; The problem is that Assembly.GetName() is not available in…
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Include all navigation properties using Reflection in generic repository using EF Core

I'm working on creating a generic repository for an EF Core project to avoid having to write CRUD for all models. A major roadblock I've hit is navigation properties not being loaded since Core doesn't yet support lazy loading and the generic class…
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How to get constructor as MethodInfo using Reflection

The constructor looks like this: public NameAndValue(string name, string value) I need to get it as a MethodInfo using Reflection. It tried the following, but it does not find the constructor (GetMethod returns null). MethodInfo constructor =…
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CreateType missing from TypeBuilder. How to port this?

Trying to port an application from .net 4.5 to .net core for a client. I'm noticing that CreateType is no longer part of TypeBuilder. I've searched through multiple of the new reflection libs with no luck. Does anyone know how to port this? Code in…
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Internal error when running visual studio project

I'm building a WPF application that currently only has UI elements in place. I'm trying to use some classes I made in another project by importing a dll. When I run the wpf application, Visual Studio pops up this dialog in the Team Explorer: The…
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Is C# namespace separator (.) defined somewhere?

Full name separator in C# is period character (.). e.g. System.Console.Write. Is this defined somewhere like Path.PathSeperator, or is it hard coded in .NET reflection classes as well? (e.g. is Type.FullName implemented as Type.Namespace + "." +…
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How to convert PropertyInfo to property expression and use it to invoke generic method?

How to convert PropertyInfo to property expression which can be used to invoke StructuralTypeConfiguration.Ignore(Expression> propertyExpression) method? I tried to use…
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How to get method name from inside that method without using reflection in C#

I want get the method name from inside itself. This can be done using reflection as shown below. But, I want to get that without using reflection System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name Sample code public void myMethod() { string…
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Get only the current class members via Reflection

Assume this chunk of code: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Reflection; namespace TestFunctionality { class Program { static void Main(string[]…
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C# reflection: If ... else?

I'm currently facing new problem with operators. Using following code, I want to make output that would be same as when using if ... else pair in C#. var method = new DynamicMethod("dummy", null, Type.EmptyTypes); var g =…
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