Emitting Types at Runtime Using Reflection
The System.Reflection.Emit namespace allows developers to emit types at runtime.
Part of the interest in writing books like this one is to try to understand what motivated Microsoft developers when they defined and implemented these capabilities. Sometimes it is obvious or guessable, and other times I have to ask and am fortunate enough to get answers from those in the know.
You are likely to use some of these new capabilities as the implementers intended, and more than likely many of you will contrive new uses for them. Reflection seems to be a replacement for COM Automation. The Emit namespace seems to be intended for code generators, perhaps for tools like Rational Rose that reverse-engineer UML models ...
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