Invoke any Method Dynamically

Objective:

To invoke any method in an instance dynamically by passing Method name as parameter.

Achieved by:

System.Reflection namespace which contains types that retrieve information about assemblies, modules, members, parameters, and other entities in managed code by examining their metadata.

Used MethodInfo Class - Discovers the attributes of a method and provides access to method metadata.

Hierarchy:

·          System.Object

o    System.Reflection.MemberInfo

§   System.Reflection.MethodBase

·          System.Reflection.MethodInfo

Method Used:

Invoke(Object, Object[]) - Invokes the method or constructor represented by the current instance, using the specified parameters.

Advantage:

·          Thread safe

·          Simple to use

·          Has the scalability for future enhancement.

My Implementation:

TestClass TestCl = new TestClass();
Type FuncType = typeof(TestClass);
MethodInfo miTest_Method = FuncType.GetMethod(“Test_Method”);
List lCodeList = new List();
object[] mParam = new object[] { lCodeList };
miTest_Method.Invoke(TestCl, mParam);// you can get the return of method as object