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Why is Reflection Slow?

by matt warren

Why is Reflection slow?

Faster than Reflection: Delegates. Part 3.

by n.podbielski

If you want to optimize code, which is based on Reflection, delegates may be the thing you are looking for. In this part are explained generic methods and events.

Reflecting Within a Method Body

by Eric Lynch

Extends .NET reflection to decode the byte array returned by System.Reflection.MethodBody.GetILByteArray(), discusses the techniques to achieve this, and provides a brief primer on .NET reflection.

To tell if an assembly is compiled in debug or release mode in c#

by Huisheng Chen

Using reflection to dynamically verify if an assembly is in debug or release compilation

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Best Practices for a Visual Studio Report Generator

by JBartlau

This article provides an overview of Visual Studio's integration of combit's report generator List & Label.

Dynamic Load and Execution of Workflow Activities in C#

by Jaume González

Solution using reflection to dynamically load and execute C# code in a workflow context

Reflection with IDispatch-based COM objects

by Bill Menees

Use .NET's TypeToTypeInfoMarshaler to get a full .NET type with member information from an IDispatch-based COM object.

Entity Factory - Get Your ORM-less Freak On!

by #realJSOP

A tool to generate model and viewmodel classes directly from your selected database

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Reflection

Reflecting Within a Method Body

15 May 2018 by Eric Lynch

Extends .NET reflection to decode the byte array returned by System.Reflection.MethodBody.GetILByteArray(), discusses the techniques to achieve this, and provides a brief primer on .NET reflection.

2 Feb 2012 by Dean Oliver

How we can harness the power of MEF and extend it by way of generics.

Entity Factory - Get Your ORM-less Freak On!

4 Nov 2021 by #realJSOP

A tool to generate model and viewmodel classes directly from your selected database

So you enjoy writing boilerplate?

30 Jun 2016 by Simon Gulliver

Really? Then why is so much effort wasted writing boilerplate which can be more accurately and efficiently automated?

Entity Framework DAL with Generic Seeding from JSON, Using Reflection

6 Mar 2017 by Michael Doleman

A simple DAL with an integrated, lightweight model for database seeding from a JSON source, using the code-first method in Entity Framework.

entity-framework

Parameterize Schema Name in SSDT Database Project .dacpac file by using DacFx Public Model and System.Reflection

26 Feb 2016 by Pavel Sinkevich

How to programmatically change schema name in database project before deployment

Get Calling Assembly from StackTrace

1 Jul 2014 by JIANGWilliam

This article introduces a handy way to get the calling Testing Assembly from a called Assembly

Reflection

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Reflection is the ability of the .NET framework to gather information (metadata) about assemblies, modules and types at runtime. It allows you also

Talking About “nameof” Operator

8 Feb 2016 by Pavel Evgenjevich Timoshenko

In this article I would like to discuss about “nameof” operator supported by C# 6. It allows to map strings to named code elements.

.NET-Compiler-Platform

Loading Assemblies from Anywhere into a New AppDomain

5 Sep 2012 by Marius Bancila

In this article, I'm generalizing and extending "Loading Assemblies in pearate Directories" with some helper functionality.

Reflection optimization techniques

29 May 2013 by Jain, Ajay

The article presents some .NET techniques for using Reflection optimally and efficiently.

C#: Using Reflection and Custom Attributes to Map Object Properties

11 Mar 2014 by John Atten

I have a general distaste for decorating my code with Attributes and Annotations. Most of the time, I can't help but feel like there must be a better way to accomplish what I am trying to do, and/or that I have somewhere sprung a leak in what should be a helpful abstraction. Other times, though, c

Kerosene Dynamic Data Services

11 Mar 2014 by mbarbac

Implementing the Repository and Unit of Work Patterns dynamically using Kerosene ORM

Using Objects Comparer to Compare Complex Objects in C#

2 May 2019 by Valerii Tereshchenko

Objects Comparer framework provides mechanism to recursively compare complex objects by properties (supports arrays, lists, different types of dynamic objects and more), allows to override comparison rules for specific properties and types.

Reweaving IL code with Mono.Cecil

26 May 2014 by Dolinka Márk Gergely

First one of a series of tutorials about C# code reweacing using Mono.Cecil

A simple plug-in engine using Reflection

26 Sep 2012 by Vitaly Zhukov

This article describes how to create and use configurable plug-ins in your application.

Conversion Between DataTable and List<TSource> in C#

9 Jun 2014 by DiponRoy

Conversion between DataTable and List in C#

entity-framework

What is the Difference between Reflection and Dynamic Keyword in C#?

21 Jun 2021 by Shivprasad koirala

Understanding two terminologies - reflection and dynamic keyword

Implement ORM using C#

4 Dec 2014 by saddam abu ghaida

Creating Object relation mapping from scratch

Reflection with IDispatch-based COM objects

24 Mar 2022 by Bill Menees

Use .NET's TypeToTypeInfoMarshaler to get a full .NET type with member information from an IDispatch-based COM object.

Reflection in .NET

26 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Reflection is one of the very nice features of .net, with Reflection one can take out lotsa information about the type. When I say type that means it

Rudimentary ViewModel Class Generator

16 Dec 2014 by #realJSOP

Eliminate the tedium of generating model and viewmodel classes for your WPF projects, and save a butt-load of time in the process.

Dynamically Loading .NET Assemblies using Interfaces and Reflection

27 Apr 2011 by Scott Bentley

This article describes why you may want to load an assembly at runtime and how to accomplish it.

Json Parser, Viewer and Serializer

18 Jul 2014 by Bjørn

A custom Json state machine parser, viewer and serializer for Json data

An Awful, Still Useful C++ Reflection System

27 Jul 2015 by Manuele Finocchiaro

Reflection for C++ made easy

Message Structure Library

1 Jan 2015 by Emre Ataseven

This article demonstrates a method to create message structures, casting byte array to message and vice versa.

Best Practices for a Visual Studio Report Generator

6 Feb 2023 by JBartlau

This article provides an overview of Visual Studio's integration of combit's report generator List & Label.

entity-framework

data-visualization

How to iterate through all properties of a class

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Reflection is an important capability of the .NET framework and enables you to get information about objects at runtime. In this article, we will

Programmatically accessing a WPF application's XAML and UI without an exposed API or the Automation Framework

3 Dec 2016 by Member 12883374

Gaining extra control of an application's UI through accessing the visual tree

CLI: Command Line Interface Tool for C# Apps

6 Mar 2012 by m0rdred

Tired of generating your command line parsing interface to your apps? Here is yet another CLI tool for helping you do just that.

How One Can Reduce Code Maintenance in the Insurance/Finance/Bank Industry

26 Sep 2017 by Nicolas Kogler

This article will take a look at the benefits of code generators, the .NET reflection and external files to reduce code maintenance in industries with a lot of data.

Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Web API using Autofac via Attributes and Reflection

15 Aug 2017 by Vaibhav M Nalwad

Resolving Dependencies via Attributes and Reflection