C# 4.0 Unleashed

Chapter 21. Reflection

In This Chapter

• Typing Revisited, Static and Otherwise 1048

• Reflection 1054

• Lightweight Code Generation 1082

• Expression Trees 1091

So far, we’ve been looking at statically typed code for the most part. In the world of static typing, it’s the compiler’s task to resolve information about types at the point the program is compiled. This provides various benefits related to program checks for various forms of correctness, improved tooling support thanks to IntelliSense, increased runtime performance because operations are known unambiguously, and much more.

However, such static type information is not always available. And although the benefits mentioned should be enough to convince people to get static typing wherever ...