C# Unleashed

Summary

Reflection provides the capability to discover information about a program at runtime. Pertinent program items that can be reflected upon include assemblies, modules, types, and other kinds of C# program elements.

Another feature of reflection is the capability to dynamically activate code at runtime. This is especially relevant to situations where late-bound operations are required. With reflection, any type of C# code can be loaded and invoked dynamically.

The Reflection.Emit API provides advanced features for dynamically creating assemblies. This feature could be used in tools such as scripting engines and compilers. Once the code is created, it can be dynamically invoked or saved to file for later use.