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Dynamically define C# value types (structs) at runtime with a dynamic assembly
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using System; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
using System.Linq; | |
using System.Reflection; | |
using System.Reflection.Emit; | |
using System.Runtime.InteropServices; | |
using System.Text; | |
namespace DevConsole | |
{ | |
class Program | |
{ | |
static void Main(string[] args) | |
{ | |
// Create assembly and module | |
var assemblyName = new AssemblyName("DynamicAssemblyExample"); | |
var assemblyBuilder = AppDomain.CurrentDomain. | |
DefineDynamicAssembly(assemblyName, AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave); | |
var moduleBuilder = assemblyBuilder. | |
DefineDynamicModule(assemblyName.Name, assemblyName.Name + ".dll"); | |
// Open a new Type for definition | |
var typeBuilder = moduleBuilder.DefineType("MyDynamicType", | |
TypeAttributes.Public | | |
TypeAttributes.Sealed | | |
TypeAttributes.ExplicitLayout | | |
TypeAttributes.Serializable | | |
TypeAttributes.AnsiClass, | |
typeof(ValueType)); | |
// Find MarshalAsAttribute's constructor by signature, then invoke | |
var ctorParameters = new Type[] { typeof(UnmanagedType) }; | |
var ctorInfo = typeof(MarshalAsAttribute).GetConstructor(ctorParameters); | |
var fields = typeof(MarshalAsAttribute).GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance); | |
var sizeConst = (from f in fields | |
where f.Name == "SizeConst" | |
select f).ToArray(); | |
var marshalAsAttr = new CustomAttributeBuilder(ctorInfo, | |
new object[] { UnmanagedType.ByValTStr }, sizeConst, new object[] { 5 }); | |
var fbString = typeBuilder.DefineField( | |
"m_string", | |
typeof(string), | |
FieldAttributes.Public); | |
fbString.SetOffset(0); | |
fbString.SetCustomAttribute(marshalAsAttr); | |
var fbNumber = typeBuilder.DefineField( | |
"m_number", | |
typeof(int), | |
FieldAttributes.Public); | |
fbNumber.SetOffset(8); | |
var type = typeBuilder.CreateType(); | |
bool isVal = type.IsValueType; // true | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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