Jun 23, 2010 · Reflection is the ability of types to provide information about themselves. For example, an assembly can tell you what it contains, a type can tell you its methods, properties …

Is there a way in C# where I can use reflection to set an object property? Ex: MyObject obj = new MyObject(); obj.Name = "Value"; I want to set obj.Name with reflection. Something like: …

Oct 3, 2015 · I want to dynamically create TaskA or TaskB using C# reflection (Activator.CreateInstance). However I wouldn't know the type before hand, so I need to …

Aug 30, 2009 · Reflection as analysis is generally very weak; usually it can only provide access to function and field names. This weakness comes from the language implementers essentially …

Reflection is costly because of the many checks the runtime must make whenever you make a request for a method that matches a list of parameters. Somewhere deep inside, code exists …

Jul 21, 2010 · I have a class with a private static final field that, unfortunately, I need to change it at run-time. Using reflection I get this error: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: Can not set …

Sep 1, 2008 · What is reflection, and why is it useful? I'm particularly interested in Java, but I assume the principles are the same in any language.

Sep 22, 2009 · The main value of Reflection is that it can be used to inspect assemblies, types, and members. It's a very powerful tool for determining the contents of an unknown assembly …

Jan 21, 2010 · If I have a class called MyProgram, is there a way of retrieving "MyProgram" as a string?

But in the end, even if you had a Foo variable you don't know anything of, what would you do? How could you know of the methods of a type you don't know? and all the reflection methods …