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Dynamic Assemblies using Reflection.Emit. Part II of II - Reflection.Emit

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6 May 2007CPOL7 min read 66K   726   45  
This article explains how Reflection.Emit classes can be used to dynamically generate .NET assemblies.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.CodeDom;
using Microsoft.CSharp;
using System.CodeDom.Compiler;
using System.IO;

namespace DynamicCodeGeneration.CodeGenerator
{
    class CSharpGenerator : IGenerator
    {
        private string _code;

        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private string BuildGeneratedCode()
        {
            try
            {
                CSharpCodeProvider codeProvider = new CSharpCodeProvider();
                ICodeCompiler codeCompiler = codeProvider.CreateCompiler();
                CompilerParameters parameters = new CompilerParameters();

                parameters.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("DynamicCodeGeneration.Base.dll");
                parameters.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll");
                parameters.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("DynamicCodeGeneration.CustomAttributes.dll");
                parameters.GenerateInMemory = false;

                CompilerResults results = codeCompiler.CompileAssemblyFromSource(parameters, this.Code);

                if (results.Errors.HasErrors)
                {
                    string errorMessage = "";
                    errorMessage = results.Errors.Count.ToString() + " Errors:";
                    for (int x = 0; x < results.Errors.Count; x++)
                    {
                        errorMessage = errorMessage + "\r\nLine: " + results.Errors[x].Line.ToString() + " - " + results.Errors[x].ErrorText;
                    }
                    return errorMessage;
                }
                return results.PathToAssembly;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new Exception("Error while trying to build generated code.", ex);
            }
        }

        #region IGenerator Members

        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assemblyAuthorName"></param>
        /// <param name="classAuthorName"></param>
        /// <param name="methodAuthorName"></param>
        /// <returns>Generated Code</returns>
        public string GenerateAssembly(string assemblyAuthorName, string classAuthorName, string methodAuthorName)
        {
            try
            {
                #region Unit
                CodeCompileUnit unit = new CodeCompileUnit();
                CodeAttributeArgument[] arguments = new CodeAttributeArgument[2];
                arguments[0] = new CodeAttributeArgument(new CodePrimitiveExpression(assemblyAuthorName));//Create parameter for attribute
                arguments[1] = new CodeAttributeArgument(new CodeSnippetExpression("DynamicCodeGeneration.CustomAttributes.GenerationMode.CodeDOM"));
                CodeAttributeDeclaration assemblyLevelAttribute = new CodeAttributeDeclaration(new CodeTypeReference("DynamicCodeGeneration.CustomAttributes.AssemblyLevelAttribute"), arguments);//Create attribute to be added to assembly
                unit.AssemblyCustomAttributes.Add(assemblyLevelAttribute);

                unit.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("DynamicCodeGeneration.Base.dll");
                unit.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll");
                unit.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("DynamicCodeGeneration.CustomAttributes.dll");
                unit.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("Microsoft.Crm.SdkTypeProxy.dll");
                #endregion

                #region Namespace
                CodeNamespace customEntityRoot = new CodeNamespace("DerivedRoot");//Create a namespace

                unit.Namespaces.Add(customEntityRoot);

                customEntityRoot.Imports.Add(new CodeNamespaceImport("System"));//Add references
                customEntityRoot.Imports.Add(new CodeNamespaceImport("DynamicCodeGeneration.Base"));//Add references
                customEntityRoot.Imports.Add(new CodeNamespaceImport("DynamicCodeGeneration.CustomAttributes"));//Add references
                #endregion

                #region Class
                CodeTypeDeclaration derived = new CodeTypeDeclaration("Derived");//Create class

                customEntityRoot.Types.Add(derived);//Add the class to namespace defined above

                CodeConstructor derivedClassConstructor = new CodeConstructor();//Create constructor
                derivedClassConstructor.Attributes = MemberAttributes.Public;

                derived.Members.Add(derivedClassConstructor);//Add constructor to class

                CodeAttributeArgument argument = new CodeAttributeArgument(new CodePrimitiveExpression(classAuthorName));
                CodeAttributeDeclaration classLevelAttribute = new CodeAttributeDeclaration(new CodeTypeReference("DynamicCodeGeneration.CustomAttributes.ClassLevelAttribute"), argument);//Create attribute to be added to class

                derived.CustomAttributes.Add(classLevelAttribute);

                derived.BaseTypes.Add(new CodeTypeReference("Base"));
                #endregion

                #region Method
                CodeMemberMethod derivedMethod = new CodeMemberMethod();
                derivedMethod.Attributes = MemberAttributes.Public | MemberAttributes.Override; //Make this method an override of base class's method
                derivedMethod.Comments.Add(new CodeCommentStatement(new CodeComment("TestComment")));
                derivedMethod.Name = "Method";
                derivedMethod.ReturnType = new CodeTypeReference(typeof(void));
                arguments = new CodeAttributeArgument[2];
                arguments[0] = new CodeAttributeArgument(new CodeSnippetExpression("ComplexityLevel.SuperComplex"));//Create parameter for attribute
                arguments[1] = new CodeAttributeArgument(new CodePrimitiveExpression(methodAuthorName));
                CodeAttributeDeclaration methodLevelAttribute = new CodeAttributeDeclaration(new CodeTypeReference("DynamicCodeGeneration.CustomAttributes.MethodLevelAttribute"), arguments);//Create attribute to be added to method

                derivedMethod.CustomAttributes.Add(methodLevelAttribute);//Add attribute to method

                CodeSnippetStatement code = new CodeSnippetStatement("base.Method();");
                derivedMethod.Statements.Add(code);
                derived.Members.Add(derivedMethod);//Add method to the class
                #endregion

                #region Generate Code
                CSharpCodeProvider codeProvider = new CSharpCodeProvider();
                ICodeGenerator codeGenerator = codeProvider.CreateGenerator();

                StringBuilder generatedCode = new StringBuilder();
                StringWriter codeWriter = new StringWriter(generatedCode);
                CodeGeneratorOptions options = new CodeGeneratorOptions();
                options.BracingStyle = "C";//Keep the braces on the line following the statement or declaration that they are associated with
                codeGenerator.GenerateCodeFromCompileUnit(unit, codeWriter, options);
                #endregion

                this.Code = generatedCode.ToString();
                return BuildGeneratedCode();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new Exception("Error while trying to generate code.", ex);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        public string Code
        {
            get { return _code; }
            set { _code = value; }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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