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Chapter 7, Help and Research

#64 Examine the Innards of Assemblies

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a new ArrayList instance), and works with the ArrayList’s _items, _size,

and

_version private member variables.

The callee graph is the inverse of the call graph. It shows those members

that call the selected item. For example, the ArrayList’s

Clone( ) method’s

callee graph shows that the

System.NET.SocketPermission class’s Copy( )

method and the System.Xml.XPath.XsltFunction class’s Clone( ) members,

among others, call the

ArrayList’s Clone( ) method.

Reflector’s functionality can be further extended through the use of add-ins.

There are add-ins for displaying assembly dependency graphs, for automati-

cally loading the currently running assembly, for outputting the disassem-

bled contents of an entire assembly, and for hosting Reflector within Visual

Studio. These add-ins, and more, are listed at http://www.freewebs.com/

csharp/Reflector/AddIns and are all worth checking out.

Using Reflector Within Visual Studio

Of particular interest is the Reflector.VisualStudio Add-In. This add-in, cre-

ated by Jaime Cansdale, allows for Reflector to be hosted within Visual Stu-

dio. With this add-in, you can have Reflector integrated within the Visual

Figure 7-25. Call Graph shows members called by selected item

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