System.Reflection.Emit Namespace
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The System.Reflection.Emit namespace contains classes that allow a compiler or tool to emit metadata and Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL). The primary clients of these classes are script engines and compilers.
Classes
Class | Description | |
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AssemblyBuilder | Defines and represents a dynamic assembly. | |
ConstructorBuilder | Defines and represents a constructor of a dynamic class. | |
CustomAttributeBuilder | Represents a custom attribute in a form that can be attached to a type or member that is being emitted. | |
DynamicMethod | Defines and represents a dynamic method that can be compiled, executed, and discarded. Discarded methods are available for garbage collection. | |
EnumBuilder | Describes and represents an enumeration type. | |
EventBuilder | Defines events for a class. | |
FieldBuilder | Defines and represents a field. This class cannot be inherited. | |
GenericTypeParameterBuilder | Defines and creates generic type parameters for dynamically defined generic types and methods. This class cannot be inherited. | |
ILGenerator | Generates Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instructions. | |
LocalBuilder | Represents a local variable within a method or constructor. | |
MethodBuilder | Defines and represents a method (or constructor) on a dynamic class. | |
ModuleBuilder | Defines and represents a module in a dynamic assembly. | |
OpCodes | Provides field representations of the Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instructions for emission by the ILGenerator class members (such as Emit). | |
ParameterBuilder | Creates or associates parameter information. | |
PropertyBuilder | Defines a property for a dynamic type. | |
SignatureHelper | Provides methods for building signatures. | |
TypeBuilder | Defines and creates new instances of classes during run time. |
Structures
Structure | Description | |
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EventToken | Represents the Token returned by the metadata to represent an event. | |
FieldToken | The FieldToken struct is an object representation of a token that represents a field. | |
Label | Represents a label in the instruction stream. Label is used in conjunction with the ILGenerator class. | |
MethodToken | The MethodToken struct is an object representation of a token that represents a method. | |
OpCode | Describes a Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instruction. | |
ParameterToken | The ParameterToken struct is an opaque representation of the token returned by the metadata to represent a parameter. | |
PropertyToken | The PropertyToken struct is an opaque representation of the Token returned by the metadata to represent a property. | |
SignatureToken | Represents the Token returned by the metadata to represent a signature. | |
StringToken | Represents a token that represents a string. | |
TypeToken | Represents the Token returned by the metadata to represent a type. |
Enumerations
Enumeration | Description | |
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AssemblyBuilderAccess | Defines the access modes for a dynamic assembly. | |
FlowControl | Describes how an instruction alters the flow of control. | |
OpCodeType | Describes the types of the Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instructions. | |
OperandType | Describes the operand type of Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instruction. | |
PackingSize | Specifies one of two factors that determine the memory alignment of fields when a type is marshaled. | |
PEFileKinds | Specifies the type of the portable executable (PE) file. | |
StackBehaviour | Describes how values are pushed onto a stack or popped off a stack. |