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Procedure: Een algemeen type definiëren met reflectie-emit

In dit artikel wordt beschreven hoe u een eenvoudig algemeen type maakt met twee typeparameters, hoe u klassebeperkingen, interfacebeperkingen en speciale beperkingen toepast op de typeparameters en hoe u leden maakt die gebruikmaken van de typeparameters van de klasse als parametertypen en retourtypen.

Belangrijk

Een methode is niet algemeen omdat deze deel uitmaakt van een algemeen type en de typeparameters van dat type gebruikt. Een methode is alleen algemeen als deze een eigen typeparameterlijst heeft. De meeste methoden voor algemene typen zijn niet algemeen, zoals in dit voorbeeld. Zie Een algemene methode definiëren met Reflectie Emit voor een voorbeeld van het verzenden van een algemene methode.

Een algemeen type definiëren

  1. Definieer een dynamische assembly met de naam GenericEmitExample1. In dit voorbeeld wordt de assembly uitgevoerd en opgeslagen op schijf, dus AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave opgegeven.

    AppDomain^ myDomain = AppDomain::CurrentDomain;
    AssemblyName^ myAsmName = gcnew AssemblyName( L"GenericEmitExample1" );
    AssemblyBuilder^ myAssembly = myDomain->DefineDynamicAssembly( 
        myAsmName, AssemblyBuilderAccess::RunAndSave );
    
    AppDomain myDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain;
    AssemblyName myAsmName = new AssemblyName("GenericEmitExample1");
    AssemblyBuilder myAssembly =
        myDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(myAsmName,
            AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave);
    
    Dim myDomain As AppDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain
    Dim myAsmName As New AssemblyName("GenericEmitExample1")
    Dim myAssembly As AssemblyBuilder = myDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly( _
        myAsmName, _
        AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave)
    
  2. Definieer een dynamische module. Een assembly bestaat uit uitvoerbare modules. Voor een assembly met één module is de modulenaam hetzelfde als de assemblynaam en de bestandsnaam de modulenaam plus een extensie.

    ModuleBuilder^ myModule = myAssembly->DefineDynamicModule( 
        myAsmName->Name, String::Concat( myAsmName->Name, L".dll" ) );
    
    ModuleBuilder myModule =
        myAssembly.DefineDynamicModule(myAsmName.Name,
           myAsmName.Name + ".dll");
    
    Dim myModule As ModuleBuilder = myAssembly.DefineDynamicModule( _
        myAsmName.Name, _
        myAsmName.Name & ".dll")
    
  3. Definieer een klasse. In dit voorbeeld heeft de klasse de naam Sample.

    TypeBuilder^ myType = myModule->DefineType( L"Sample", 
        TypeAttributes::Public );
    
    TypeBuilder myType =
        myModule.DefineType("Sample", TypeAttributes.Public);
    
    Dim myType As TypeBuilder = myModule.DefineType( _
        "Sample", _
        TypeAttributes.Public)
    
  4. Definieer de algemene typeparameters door Sample een matrix met tekenreeksen door te geven die de namen van de parameters aan de TypeBuilder.DefineGenericParameters methode bevatten. Dit maakt de klasse een algemeen type. De retourwaarde is een matrix met GenericTypeParameterBuilder objecten die de typeparameters vertegenwoordigen, die kunnen worden gebruikt in uw verzonden code.

    In de volgende code Sample wordt het een algemeen type met typeparameters TFirst en TSecond. Om de code beter leesbaar te maken, wordt elke GenericTypeParameterBuilder code in een variabele geplaatst met dezelfde naam als de typeparameter.

    array<String^>^typeParamNames = {L"TFirst",L"TSecond"};
    array<GenericTypeParameterBuilder^>^typeParams = 
        myType->DefineGenericParameters( typeParamNames );
    
    GenericTypeParameterBuilder^ TFirst = typeParams[0];
    GenericTypeParameterBuilder^ TSecond = typeParams[1];
    
    string[] typeParamNames = {"TFirst", "TSecond"};
    GenericTypeParameterBuilder[] typeParams =
        myType.DefineGenericParameters(typeParamNames);
    
    GenericTypeParameterBuilder TFirst = typeParams[0];
    GenericTypeParameterBuilder TSecond = typeParams[1];
    
    Dim typeParamNames() As String = {"TFirst", "TSecond"}
    Dim typeParams() As GenericTypeParameterBuilder = _
        myType.DefineGenericParameters(typeParamNames)
    
    Dim TFirst As GenericTypeParameterBuilder = typeParams(0)
    Dim TSecond As GenericTypeParameterBuilder = typeParams(1)
    
  5. Voeg speciale beperkingen toe aan de typeparameters. In dit voorbeeld is de typeparameter TFirst beperkt tot typen met parameterloze constructors en verwijzingstypen.

    TFirst->SetGenericParameterAttributes( 
        GenericParameterAttributes::DefaultConstructorConstraint | 
        GenericParameterAttributes::ReferenceTypeConstraint 
    );
    
    TFirst.SetGenericParameterAttributes(
        GenericParameterAttributes.DefaultConstructorConstraint |
        GenericParameterAttributes.ReferenceTypeConstraint);
    
    TFirst.SetGenericParameterAttributes( _
        GenericParameterAttributes.DefaultConstructorConstraint _
        Or GenericParameterAttributes.ReferenceTypeConstraint)
    
  6. U kunt eventueel klasse- en interfacebeperkingen toevoegen aan de typeparameters. In dit voorbeeld is de typeparameter TFirst beperkt tot typen die zijn afgeleid van de basisklasse die wordt vertegenwoordigd door het Type object in de variabele baseTypeen waarmee de interfaces worden geïmplementeerd waarvan de typen zijn opgenomen in de variabelen interfaceA en interfaceB. Zie het codevoorbeeld voor de declaratie en toewijzing van deze variabelen.

    array<Type^>^interfaceTypes = { interfaceA, interfaceB };
    TSecond->SetInterfaceConstraints( interfaceTypes );
    TSecond->SetBaseTypeConstraint( baseType );
    
    TSecond.SetBaseTypeConstraint(baseType);
    Type[] interfaceTypes = {interfaceA, interfaceB};
    TSecond.SetInterfaceConstraints(interfaceTypes);
    
    TSecond.SetBaseTypeConstraint(baseType)
    Dim interfaceTypes() As Type = {interfaceA, interfaceB}
    TSecond.SetInterfaceConstraints(interfaceTypes)
    
  7. Definieer een veld. In dit voorbeeld wordt het type veld opgegeven met de parameter type TFirst. GenericTypeParameterBuilder is afgeleid van Type, zodat u algemene typeparameters kunt gebruiken waar een type kan worden gebruikt.

    FieldBuilder^ exField = 
        myType->DefineField("ExampleField", TFirst, 
            FieldAttributes::Private);
    
    FieldBuilder exField =
        myType.DefineField("ExampleField", TFirst,
            FieldAttributes.Private);
    
    Dim exField As FieldBuilder = _
        myType.DefineField("ExampleField", TFirst, _
            FieldAttributes.Private)
    
  8. Definieer een methode die gebruikmaakt van de typeparameters van het algemene type. Houd er rekening mee dat dergelijke methoden niet algemeen zijn, tenzij ze hun eigen typeparameterlijsten hebben. Met de volgende code wordt een static methode (Shared in Visual Basic) gedefinieerd die een matrix van TFirst gebruikt en een List<TFirst> (List(Of TFirst) in Visual Basic) retourneert die alle elementen van de matrix bevat. Als u deze methode wilt definiëren, moet u het type List<TFirst> maken door de algemene typedefinitie aan te roepenMakeGenericType. List<T> (Dit T wordt weggelaten wanneer u de typeof operator (GetType in Visual Basic) gebruikt om de algemene typedefinitie op te halen.) Het parametertype wordt gemaakt met behulp van de MakeArrayType methode.

    Type^ listOf = List::typeid;
    Type^ listOfTFirst = listOf->MakeGenericType(TFirst);
    array<Type^>^ mParamTypes = { TFirst->MakeArrayType() };
    
    MethodBuilder^ exMethod = 
        myType->DefineMethod("ExampleMethod", 
            MethodAttributes::Public | MethodAttributes::Static, 
            listOfTFirst, 
            mParamTypes);
    
    Type listOf = typeof(List<>);
    Type listOfTFirst = listOf.MakeGenericType(TFirst);
    Type[] mParamTypes = {TFirst.MakeArrayType()};
    
    MethodBuilder exMethod =
        myType.DefineMethod("ExampleMethod",
            MethodAttributes.Public | MethodAttributes.Static,
            listOfTFirst,
            mParamTypes);
    
    Dim listOf As Type = GetType(List(Of ))
    Dim listOfTFirst As Type = listOf.MakeGenericType(TFirst)
    Dim mParamTypes() As Type = {TFirst.MakeArrayType()}
    
    Dim exMethod As MethodBuilder = _
        myType.DefineMethod("ExampleMethod", _
            MethodAttributes.Public Or MethodAttributes.Static, _
            listOfTFirst, _
            mParamTypes)
    
  9. De hoofdtekst van de methode verzenden. De hoofdtekst van de methode bestaat uit drie opcodes die de invoermatrix in de stack laden, de List<TFirst> constructor aanroepen die nodig IEnumerable<TFirst> is (wat alle werkzaamheden doet om de invoerelementen in de lijst te plaatsen) en retourneren (waarbij het nieuwe List<T> object op de stack blijft staan). Het moeilijke deel van het verzenden van deze code is het ophalen van de constructor.

    De GetConstructor methode wordt niet ondersteund op een GenericTypeParameterBuilder, dus het is niet mogelijk om de constructor List<TFirst> rechtstreeks op te halen. Eerst is het nodig om de constructor van de algemene typedefinitie List<T> op te halen en vervolgens een methode aan te roepen waarmee deze wordt geconverteerd naar de bijbehorende constructor van List<TFirst>.

    De constructor die voor dit codevoorbeeld wordt gebruikt, neemt een IEnumerable<T>. Houd er echter rekening mee dat dit niet de algemene typedefinitie van de IEnumerable<T> algemene interface is. In plaats daarvan moet de typeparameter TList<T> worden vervangen door de typeparameter T van IEnumerable<T>. (Dit lijkt alleen verwarrend omdat beide typen typeparameters hebben met de naam T. Daarom gebruikt dit codevoorbeeld de namen TFirst en TSecond.) Als u het type van het constructorargument wilt ophalen, begint u met de algemene typedefinitie IEnumerable<T> en roept u MakeGenericType aan met de eerste algemene typeparameter van List<T>. De lijst met constructorargumenten moet worden doorgegeven als matrix, met slechts één argument in dit geval.

    Notitie

    De algemene typedefinitie wordt uitgedrukt IEnumerable<> als wanneer u de typeof operator in C# gebruikt of IEnumerable(Of ) wanneer u de GetType operator in Visual Basic gebruikt.

    Nu is het mogelijk om de constructor List<T> op te halen door de algemene typedefinitie aan te roepen GetConstructor . Als u deze constructor wilt converteren naar de bijbehorende constructor van List<TFirst>, geeft u List<TFirst> en de constructor van List<T> naar de statische TypeBuilder.GetConstructor(Type, ConstructorInfo) methode.

    ILGenerator^ ilgen = exMethod->GetILGenerator();
         
    Type^ ienumOf = IEnumerable::typeid;
    Type^ TfromListOf = listOf->GetGenericArguments()[0];
    Type^ ienumOfT = ienumOf->MakeGenericType(TfromListOf);
    array<Type^>^ ctorArgs = {ienumOfT};
    
    ConstructorInfo^ ctorPrep = listOf->GetConstructor(ctorArgs);
    ConstructorInfo^ ctor = 
        TypeBuilder::GetConstructor(listOfTFirst, ctorPrep);
    
    ilgen->Emit(OpCodes::Ldarg_0);
    ilgen->Emit(OpCodes::Newobj, ctor);
    ilgen->Emit(OpCodes::Ret);
    
    ILGenerator ilgen = exMethod.GetILGenerator();
    
    Type ienumOf = typeof(IEnumerable<>);
    Type TfromListOf = listOf.GetGenericArguments()[0];
    Type ienumOfT = ienumOf.MakeGenericType(TfromListOf);
    Type[] ctorArgs = {ienumOfT};
    
    ConstructorInfo ctorPrep = listOf.GetConstructor(ctorArgs);
    ConstructorInfo ctor =
        TypeBuilder.GetConstructor(listOfTFirst, ctorPrep);
    
    ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
    ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Newobj, ctor);
    ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);
    
    Dim ilgen As ILGenerator = exMethod.GetILGenerator()
    
    Dim ienumOf As Type = GetType(IEnumerable(Of ))
    Dim listOfTParams() As Type = listOf.GetGenericArguments()
    Dim TfromListOf As Type = listOfTParams(0)
    Dim ienumOfT As Type = ienumOf.MakeGenericType(TfromListOf)
    Dim ctorArgs() As Type = {ienumOfT}
    
    Dim ctorPrep As ConstructorInfo = _
        listOf.GetConstructor(ctorArgs)
    Dim ctor As ConstructorInfo = _
        TypeBuilder.GetConstructor(listOfTFirst, ctorPrep)
    
    ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0)
    ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Newobj, ctor)
    ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ret)
    
  10. Maak het type en sla het bestand op.

    Type^ finished = myType->CreateType();
    myAssembly->Save( String::Concat( myAsmName->Name, L".dll" ) );
    
    Type finished = myType.CreateType();
    myAssembly.Save(myAsmName.Name+".dll");
    
    Dim finished As Type = myType.CreateType()
    myAssembly.Save(myAsmName.Name & ".dll")
    
  11. Roep de methode aan. ExampleMethod is niet algemeen, maar het type waartoe het behoort, is algemeen, dus om een MethodInfo aan te roepen die kan worden aangeroepen, is het nodig om een samengesteld type te maken op basis van de typedefinitie voor Sample. Het samengestelde type maakt gebruik van de Example klasse, die voldoet aan de beperkingen TFirst omdat het een verwijzingstype is en een standaardconstructor zonder parameter heeft, en de ExampleDerived klasse die voldoet aan de beperkingen voor TSecond. (De code voor ExampleDerived is te vinden in de voorbeeldcodesectie.) Deze twee typen worden doorgegeven om MakeGenericType het samengestelde type te maken. De MethodInfo wordt vervolgens verkregen met behulp van de GetMethod methode.

    array<Type^>^ typeArgs = 
        { Example::typeid, ExampleDerived::typeid };
    Type^ constructed = finished->MakeGenericType(typeArgs);
    MethodInfo^ mi = constructed->GetMethod("ExampleMethod");
    
    Type[] typeArgs = {typeof(Example), typeof(ExampleDerived)};
    Type constructed = finished.MakeGenericType(typeArgs);
    MethodInfo mi = constructed.GetMethod("ExampleMethod");
    
    Dim typeArgs() As Type = _
        {GetType(Example), GetType(ExampleDerived)}
    Dim constructed As Type = finished.MakeGenericType(typeArgs)
    Dim mi As MethodInfo = constructed.GetMethod("ExampleMethod")
    
  12. Met de volgende code maakt u een matrix met Example objecten, plaatst die matrix in een matrix van het type Object die de argumenten van de methode vertegenwoordigt die moet worden aangeroepen en geeft deze door aan de Invoke(Object, Object[]) methode. Het eerste argument van de Invoke methode is een null-verwijzing omdat de methode is static.

    array<Example^>^ input = { gcnew Example(), gcnew Example() };
    array<Object^>^ arguments = { input };
    
    List<Example^>^ listX = 
        (List<Example^>^) mi->Invoke(nullptr, arguments);
    
    Console::WriteLine(
        "\nThere are {0} elements in the List<Example>.", 
        listX->Count);
    
    Example[] input = {new Example(), new Example()};
    object[] arguments = {input};
    
    List<Example> listX =
        (List<Example>) mi.Invoke(null, arguments);
    
    Console.WriteLine(
        "\nThere are {0} elements in the List<Example>.",
        listX.Count);
    
    Dim input() As Example = {New Example(), New Example()}
    Dim arguments() As Object = {input}
    
    Dim listX As List(Of Example) = mi.Invoke(Nothing, arguments)
    
    Console.WriteLine(vbLf & _
        "There are {0} elements in the List(Of Example).", _
        listX.Count _
    )
    

Opmerking

In het volgende codevoorbeeld wordt een klasse met de naam Samplegedefinieerd, samen met een basisklasse en twee interfaces. Het programma definieert twee algemene typeparameters voor Sample, waardoor het wordt omgezet in een algemeen type. Typeparameters zijn het enige dat een type algemeen maakt. Het programma laat dit zien door een testbericht weer te geven vóór en na de definitie van de typeparameters.

De typeparameter TSecond wordt gebruikt om klasse- en interfacebeperkingen te demonstreren, met behulp van de basisklasse en interfaces, en de typeparameter TFirst wordt gebruikt om speciale beperkingen te demonstreren.

In het codevoorbeeld worden een veld en een methode gedefinieerd met behulp van de typeparameters van de klasse voor het veldtype en voor de parameter en het retourtype van de methode.

Nadat de Sample klasse is gemaakt, wordt de methode aangeroepen.

Het programma bevat een methode met informatie over een algemeen type en een methode die de speciale beperkingen voor een typeparameter weergeeft. Deze methoden worden gebruikt om informatie over de voltooide Sample klasse weer te geven.

Het programma slaat de voltooide module op schijf op als GenericEmitExample1.dll, zodat u deze kunt openen met de Ildasm.exe (IL Disassembler) en het CIL voor de Sample klasse kunt onderzoeken.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Reflection::Emit;
using namespace System::Collections::Generic;

// Dummy class to satisfy TFirst constraints.
//
public ref class Example {};

// Define a trivial base class and two trivial interfaces 
// to use when demonstrating constraints.
//
public ref class ExampleBase {};
public interface class IExampleA {};
public interface class IExampleB {};

// Define a trivial type that can substitute for type parameter 
// TSecond.
//
public ref class ExampleDerived : ExampleBase, IExampleA, IExampleB {};

// List the constraint flags. The GenericParameterAttributes
// enumeration contains two sets of attributes, variance and
// constraints. For this example, only constraints are used.
//
static void ListConstraintAttributes( Type^ t )
{
   // Mask off the constraint flags. 
   GenericParameterAttributes constraints = 
       t->GenericParameterAttributes & 
       GenericParameterAttributes::SpecialConstraintMask;

   if ((constraints & GenericParameterAttributes::ReferenceTypeConstraint)
           != GenericParameterAttributes::None)
       Console::WriteLine( L"    ReferenceTypeConstraint");

   if ((constraints & GenericParameterAttributes::NotNullableValueTypeConstraint)
           != GenericParameterAttributes::None)
       Console::WriteLine( L"    NotNullableValueTypeConstraint");

   if ((constraints & GenericParameterAttributes::DefaultConstructorConstraint)
           != GenericParameterAttributes::None)
       Console::WriteLine( L"    DefaultConstructorConstraint");
}

static void DisplayGenericParameters( Type^ t )
{
   if (!t->IsGenericType)
   {
       Console::WriteLine( L"Type '{0}' is not generic." );
       return;
   }
   if (!t->IsGenericTypeDefinition)
       t = t->GetGenericTypeDefinition();

   array<Type^>^ typeParameters = t->GetGenericArguments();
   Console::WriteLine( L"\r\nListing {0} type parameters for type '{1}'.", 
       typeParameters->Length, t );

   for each ( Type^ tParam in typeParameters )
   {
       Console::WriteLine( L"\r\nType parameter {0}:", 
           tParam->ToString() );

       for each (Type^ c in tParam->GetGenericParameterConstraints())
       {
           if (c->IsInterface)
               Console::WriteLine( L"    Interface constraint: {0}", c);
           else
               Console::WriteLine( L"    Base type constraint: {0}", c);
       }
       ListConstraintAttributes(tParam);
   }
}

void main()
{
   // Define a dynamic assembly to contain the sample type. The
   // assembly will be run and also saved to disk, so
   // AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave is specified.
   //
   AppDomain^ myDomain = AppDomain::CurrentDomain;
   AssemblyName^ myAsmName = gcnew AssemblyName( L"GenericEmitExample1" );
   AssemblyBuilder^ myAssembly = myDomain->DefineDynamicAssembly( 
       myAsmName, AssemblyBuilderAccess::RunAndSave );

   // An assembly is made up of executable modules. For a single-
   // module assembly, the module name and file name are the same 
   // as the assembly name. 
   //
   ModuleBuilder^ myModule = myAssembly->DefineDynamicModule( 
       myAsmName->Name, String::Concat( myAsmName->Name, L".dll" ) );

   // Get type objects for the base class trivial interfaces to
   // be used as constraints.
   //
   Type^ baseType = ExampleBase::typeid; 
   Type^ interfaceA = IExampleA::typeid; 
   Type^ interfaceB = IExampleB::typeid;
   
   // Define the sample type.
   //
   TypeBuilder^ myType = myModule->DefineType( L"Sample", 
       TypeAttributes::Public );
   
   Console::WriteLine( L"Type 'Sample' is generic: {0}", 
       myType->IsGenericType );
   
   // Define type parameters for the type. Until you do this, 
   // the type is not generic, as the preceding and following 
   // WriteLine statements show. The type parameter names are
   // specified as an array of strings. To make the code
   // easier to read, each GenericTypeParameterBuilder is placed
   // in a variable with the same name as the type parameter.
   // 
   array<String^>^typeParamNames = {L"TFirst",L"TSecond"};
   array<GenericTypeParameterBuilder^>^typeParams = 
       myType->DefineGenericParameters( typeParamNames );

   GenericTypeParameterBuilder^ TFirst = typeParams[0];
   GenericTypeParameterBuilder^ TSecond = typeParams[1];

   Console::WriteLine( L"Type 'Sample' is generic: {0}", 
       myType->IsGenericType );
   
   // Apply constraints to the type parameters.
   //
   // A type that is substituted for the first parameter, TFirst,
   // must be a reference type and must have a parameterless
   // constructor.
   TFirst->SetGenericParameterAttributes( 
       GenericParameterAttributes::DefaultConstructorConstraint | 
       GenericParameterAttributes::ReferenceTypeConstraint 
   );

   // A type that is substituted for the second type
   // parameter must implement IExampleA and IExampleB, and
   // inherit from the trivial test class ExampleBase. The
   // interface constraints are specified as an array
   // containing the interface types. 
   array<Type^>^interfaceTypes = { interfaceA, interfaceB };
   TSecond->SetInterfaceConstraints( interfaceTypes );
   TSecond->SetBaseTypeConstraint( baseType );

   // The following code adds a private field named ExampleField,
   // of type TFirst.
   FieldBuilder^ exField = 
       myType->DefineField("ExampleField", TFirst, 
           FieldAttributes::Private);

   // Define a static method that takes an array of TFirst and 
   // returns a List<TFirst> containing all the elements of 
   // the array. To define this method it is necessary to create
   // the type List<TFirst> by calling MakeGenericType on the
   // generic type definition, generic<T> List. 
   // The parameter type is created by using the
   // MakeArrayType method. 
   //
   Type^ listOf = List::typeid;
   Type^ listOfTFirst = listOf->MakeGenericType(TFirst);
   array<Type^>^ mParamTypes = { TFirst->MakeArrayType() };

   MethodBuilder^ exMethod = 
       myType->DefineMethod("ExampleMethod", 
           MethodAttributes::Public | MethodAttributes::Static, 
           listOfTFirst, 
           mParamTypes);

   // Emit the method body. 
   // The method body consists of just three opcodes, to load 
   // the input array onto the execution stack, to call the 
   // List<TFirst> constructor that takes IEnumerable<TFirst>,
   // which does all the work of putting the input elements into
   // the list, and to return, leaving the list on the stack. The
   // hard work is getting the constructor.
   // 
   // The GetConstructor method is not supported on a 
   // GenericTypeParameterBuilder, so it is not possible to get 
   // the constructor of List<TFirst> directly. There are two
   // steps, first getting the constructor of generic<T> List and then
   // calling a method that converts it to the corresponding 
   // constructor of List<TFirst>.
   //
   // The constructor needed here is the one that takes an
   // IEnumerable<T>. Note, however, that this is not the 
   // generic type definition of generic<T> IEnumerable; instead, the
   // T from generic<T> List must be substituted for the T of 
   // generic<T> IEnumerable. (This seems confusing only because both
   // types have type parameters named T. That is why this example
   // uses the somewhat silly names TFirst and TSecond.) To get
   // the type of the constructor argument, take the generic
   // type definition generic<T> IEnumerable and 
   // call MakeGenericType with the first generic type parameter
   // of generic<T> List. The constructor argument list must be passed
   // as an array, with just one argument in this case.
   // 
   // Now it is possible to get the constructor of generic<T> List,
   // using GetConstructor on the generic type definition. To get
   // the constructor of List<TFirst>, pass List<TFirst> and
   // the constructor from generic<T> List to the static
   // TypeBuilder.GetConstructor method.
   //
   ILGenerator^ ilgen = exMethod->GetILGenerator();
        
   Type^ ienumOf = IEnumerable::typeid;
   Type^ TfromListOf = listOf->GetGenericArguments()[0];
   Type^ ienumOfT = ienumOf->MakeGenericType(TfromListOf);
   array<Type^>^ ctorArgs = {ienumOfT};

   ConstructorInfo^ ctorPrep = listOf->GetConstructor(ctorArgs);
   ConstructorInfo^ ctor = 
       TypeBuilder::GetConstructor(listOfTFirst, ctorPrep);

   ilgen->Emit(OpCodes::Ldarg_0);
   ilgen->Emit(OpCodes::Newobj, ctor);
   ilgen->Emit(OpCodes::Ret);

   // Create the type and save the assembly. 
   Type^ finished = myType->CreateType();
   myAssembly->Save( String::Concat( myAsmName->Name, L".dll" ) );

   // Invoke the method.
   // ExampleMethod is not generic, but the type it belongs to is
   // generic, so in order to get a MethodInfo that can be invoked
   // it is necessary to create a constructed type. The Example 
   // class satisfies the constraints on TFirst, because it is a 
   // reference type and has a default constructor. In order to
   // have a class that satisfies the constraints on TSecond, 
   // this code example defines the ExampleDerived type. These
   // two types are passed to MakeGenericMethod to create the
   // constructed type.
   //
   array<Type^>^ typeArgs = 
       { Example::typeid, ExampleDerived::typeid };
   Type^ constructed = finished->MakeGenericType(typeArgs);
   MethodInfo^ mi = constructed->GetMethod("ExampleMethod");

   // Create an array of Example objects, as input to the generic
   // method. This array must be passed as the only element of an 
   // array of arguments. The first argument of Invoke is 
   // null, because ExampleMethod is static. Display the count
   // on the resulting List<Example>.
   // 
   array<Example^>^ input = { gcnew Example(), gcnew Example() };
   array<Object^>^ arguments = { input };

   List<Example^>^ listX = 
       (List<Example^>^) mi->Invoke(nullptr, arguments);

   Console::WriteLine(
       "\nThere are {0} elements in the List<Example>.", 
       listX->Count);

   DisplayGenericParameters(finished);
}

/* This code example produces the following output:

Type 'Sample' is generic: False
Type 'Sample' is generic: True

There are 2 elements in the List<Example>.

Listing 2 type parameters for type 'Sample[TFirst,TSecond]'.

Type parameter TFirst:
    ReferenceTypeConstraint
    DefaultConstructorConstraint

Type parameter TSecond:
    Interface constraint: IExampleA
    Interface constraint: IExampleB
    Base type constraint: ExampleBase
 */
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.Emit;
using System.Collections.Generic;

// Define a trivial base class and two trivial interfaces
// to use when demonstrating constraints.
//
public class ExampleBase {}

public interface IExampleA {}

public interface IExampleB {}

// Define a trivial type that can substitute for type parameter
// TSecond.
//
public class ExampleDerived : ExampleBase, IExampleA, IExampleB {}

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Define a dynamic assembly to contain the sample type. The
        // assembly will not be run, but only saved to disk, so
        // AssemblyBuilderAccess.Save is specified.
        //
        AppDomain myDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain;
        AssemblyName myAsmName = new AssemblyName("GenericEmitExample1");
        AssemblyBuilder myAssembly =
            myDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(myAsmName,
                AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave);

        // An assembly is made up of executable modules. For a single-
        // module assembly, the module name and file name are the same
        // as the assembly name.
        //
        ModuleBuilder myModule =
            myAssembly.DefineDynamicModule(myAsmName.Name,
               myAsmName.Name + ".dll");

        // Get type objects for the base class trivial interfaces to
        // be used as constraints.
        //
        Type baseType = typeof(ExampleBase);
        Type interfaceA = typeof(IExampleA);
        Type interfaceB = typeof(IExampleB);

        // Define the sample type.
        //
        TypeBuilder myType =
            myModule.DefineType("Sample", TypeAttributes.Public);

        Console.WriteLine("Type 'Sample' is generic: {0}",
            myType.IsGenericType);

        // Define type parameters for the type. Until you do this,
        // the type is not generic, as the preceding and following
        // WriteLine statements show. The type parameter names are
        // specified as an array of strings. To make the code
        // easier to read, each GenericTypeParameterBuilder is placed
        // in a variable with the same name as the type parameter.
        //
        string[] typeParamNames = {"TFirst", "TSecond"};
        GenericTypeParameterBuilder[] typeParams =
            myType.DefineGenericParameters(typeParamNames);

        GenericTypeParameterBuilder TFirst = typeParams[0];
        GenericTypeParameterBuilder TSecond = typeParams[1];

        Console.WriteLine("Type 'Sample' is generic: {0}",
            myType.IsGenericType);

        // Apply constraints to the type parameters.
        //
        // A type that is substituted for the first parameter, TFirst,
        // must be a reference type and must have a parameterless
        // constructor.
        TFirst.SetGenericParameterAttributes(
            GenericParameterAttributes.DefaultConstructorConstraint |
            GenericParameterAttributes.ReferenceTypeConstraint);

        // A type that is substituted for the second type
        // parameter must implement IExampleA and IExampleB, and
        // inherit from the trivial test class ExampleBase. The
        // interface constraints are specified as an array
        // containing the interface types.
        TSecond.SetBaseTypeConstraint(baseType);
        Type[] interfaceTypes = {interfaceA, interfaceB};
        TSecond.SetInterfaceConstraints(interfaceTypes);

        // The following code adds a private field named ExampleField,
        // of type TFirst.
        FieldBuilder exField =
            myType.DefineField("ExampleField", TFirst,
                FieldAttributes.Private);

        // Define a static method that takes an array of TFirst and
        // returns a List<TFirst> containing all the elements of
        // the array. To define this method it is necessary to create
        // the type List<TFirst> by calling MakeGenericType on the
        // generic type definition, List<T>. (The T is omitted with
        // the typeof operator when you get the generic type
        // definition.) The parameter type is created by using the
        // MakeArrayType method.
        //
        Type listOf = typeof(List<>);
        Type listOfTFirst = listOf.MakeGenericType(TFirst);
        Type[] mParamTypes = {TFirst.MakeArrayType()};

        MethodBuilder exMethod =
            myType.DefineMethod("ExampleMethod",
                MethodAttributes.Public | MethodAttributes.Static,
                listOfTFirst,
                mParamTypes);

        // Emit the method body.
        // The method body consists of just three opcodes, to load
        // the input array onto the execution stack, to call the
        // List<TFirst> constructor that takes IEnumerable<TFirst>,
        // which does all the work of putting the input elements into
        // the list, and to return, leaving the list on the stack. The
        // hard work is getting the constructor.
        //
        // The GetConstructor method is not supported on a
        // GenericTypeParameterBuilder, so it is not possible to get
        // the constructor of List<TFirst> directly. There are two
        // steps, first getting the constructor of List<T> and then
        // calling a method that converts it to the corresponding
        // constructor of List<TFirst>.
        //
        // The constructor needed here is the one that takes an
        // IEnumerable<T>. Note, however, that this is not the
        // generic type definition of IEnumerable<T>; instead, the
        // T from List<T> must be substituted for the T of
        // IEnumerable<T>. (This seems confusing only because both
        // types have type parameters named T. That is why this example
        // uses the somewhat silly names TFirst and TSecond.) To get
        // the type of the constructor argument, take the generic
        // type definition IEnumerable<T> (expressed as
        // IEnumerable<> when you use the typeof operator) and
        // call MakeGenericType with the first generic type parameter
        // of List<T>. The constructor argument list must be passed
        // as an array, with just one argument in this case.
        //
        // Now it is possible to get the constructor of List<T>,
        // using GetConstructor on the generic type definition. To get
        // the constructor of List<TFirst>, pass List<TFirst> and
        // the constructor from List<T> to the static
        // TypeBuilder.GetConstructor method.
        //
        ILGenerator ilgen = exMethod.GetILGenerator();

        Type ienumOf = typeof(IEnumerable<>);
        Type TfromListOf = listOf.GetGenericArguments()[0];
        Type ienumOfT = ienumOf.MakeGenericType(TfromListOf);
        Type[] ctorArgs = {ienumOfT};

        ConstructorInfo ctorPrep = listOf.GetConstructor(ctorArgs);
        ConstructorInfo ctor =
            TypeBuilder.GetConstructor(listOfTFirst, ctorPrep);

        ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
        ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Newobj, ctor);
        ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

        // Create the type and save the assembly.
        Type finished = myType.CreateType();
        myAssembly.Save(myAsmName.Name+".dll");

        // Invoke the method.
        // ExampleMethod is not generic, but the type it belongs to is
        // generic, so in order to get a MethodInfo that can be invoked
        // it is necessary to create a constructed type. The Example
        // class satisfies the constraints on TFirst, because it is a
        // reference type and has a default constructor. In order to
        // have a class that satisfies the constraints on TSecond,
        // this code example defines the ExampleDerived type. These
        // two types are passed to MakeGenericMethod to create the
        // constructed type.
        //
        Type[] typeArgs = {typeof(Example), typeof(ExampleDerived)};
        Type constructed = finished.MakeGenericType(typeArgs);
        MethodInfo mi = constructed.GetMethod("ExampleMethod");

        // Create an array of Example objects, as input to the generic
        // method. This array must be passed as the only element of an
        // array of arguments. The first argument of Invoke is
        // null, because ExampleMethod is static. Display the count
        // on the resulting List<Example>.
        //
        Example[] input = {new Example(), new Example()};
        object[] arguments = {input};

        List<Example> listX =
            (List<Example>) mi.Invoke(null, arguments);

        Console.WriteLine(
            "\nThere are {0} elements in the List<Example>.",
            listX.Count);

        DisplayGenericParameters(finished);
    }

    private static void DisplayGenericParameters(Type t)
    {
        if (!t.IsGenericType)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Type '{0}' is not generic.");
            return;
        }
        if (!t.IsGenericTypeDefinition)
        {
            t = t.GetGenericTypeDefinition();
        }

        Type[] typeParameters = t.GetGenericArguments();
        Console.WriteLine("\nListing {0} type parameters for type '{1}'.",
            typeParameters.Length, t);

        foreach( Type tParam in typeParameters )
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\r\nType parameter {0}:", tParam.ToString());

            foreach( Type c in tParam.GetGenericParameterConstraints() )
            {
                if (c.IsInterface)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("    Interface constraint: {0}", c);
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("    Base type constraint: {0}", c);
                }
            }

            ListConstraintAttributes(tParam);
        }
    }

    // List the constraint flags. The GenericParameterAttributes
    // enumeration contains two sets of attributes, variance and
    // constraints. For this example, only constraints are used.
    //
    private static void ListConstraintAttributes(Type t)
    {
        // Mask off the constraint flags.
        GenericParameterAttributes constraints =
            t.GenericParameterAttributes & GenericParameterAttributes.SpecialConstraintMask;

        if ((constraints & GenericParameterAttributes.ReferenceTypeConstraint)
            != GenericParameterAttributes.None)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("    ReferenceTypeConstraint");
        }

        if ((constraints & GenericParameterAttributes.NotNullableValueTypeConstraint)
            != GenericParameterAttributes.None)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("    NotNullableValueTypeConstraint");
        }

        if ((constraints & GenericParameterAttributes.DefaultConstructorConstraint)
            !=GenericParameterAttributes.None)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("    DefaultConstructorConstraint");
        }
    }
}

/* This code example produces the following output:

Type 'Sample' is generic: False
Type 'Sample' is generic: True

There are 2 elements in the List<Example>.

Listing 2 type parameters for type 'Sample[TFirst,TSecond]'.

Type parameter TFirst:
    ReferenceTypeConstraint
    DefaultConstructorConstraint

Type parameter TSecond:
    Interface constraint: IExampleA
    Interface constraint: IExampleB
    Base type constraint: ExampleBase
 */
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Reflection.Emit
Imports System.Collections.Generic

' Define a trivial base class and two trivial interfaces 
' to use when demonstrating constraints.
'
Public Class ExampleBase
End Class

Public Interface IExampleA
End Interface

Public Interface IExampleB
End Interface

' Define a trivial type that can substitute for type parameter 
' TSecond.
'
Public Class ExampleDerived
    Inherits ExampleBase
    Implements IExampleA, IExampleB
End Class

Public Class Example
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' Define a dynamic assembly to contain the sample type. The
        ' assembly will not be run, but only saved to disk, so
        ' AssemblyBuilderAccess.Save is specified.
        '
        Dim myDomain As AppDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain
        Dim myAsmName As New AssemblyName("GenericEmitExample1")
        Dim myAssembly As AssemblyBuilder = myDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly( _
            myAsmName, _
            AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave)

        ' An assembly is made up of executable modules. For a single-
        ' module assembly, the module name and file name are the same 
        ' as the assembly name. 
        '
        Dim myModule As ModuleBuilder = myAssembly.DefineDynamicModule( _
            myAsmName.Name, _
            myAsmName.Name & ".dll")

        ' Get type objects for the base class trivial interfaces to
        ' be used as constraints.
        '
        Dim baseType As Type = GetType(ExampleBase)
        Dim interfaceA As Type = GetType(IExampleA)
        Dim interfaceB As Type = GetType(IExampleB)

        ' Define the sample type.
        '
        Dim myType As TypeBuilder = myModule.DefineType( _
            "Sample", _
            TypeAttributes.Public)

        Console.WriteLine("Type 'Sample' is generic: {0}", _
            myType.IsGenericType)

        ' Define type parameters for the type. Until you do this, 
        ' the type is not generic, as the preceding and following 
        ' WriteLine statements show. The type parameter names are
        ' specified as an array of strings. To make the code
        ' easier to read, each GenericTypeParameterBuilder is placed
        ' in a variable with the same name as the type parameter.
        ' 
        Dim typeParamNames() As String = {"TFirst", "TSecond"}
        Dim typeParams() As GenericTypeParameterBuilder = _
            myType.DefineGenericParameters(typeParamNames)

        Dim TFirst As GenericTypeParameterBuilder = typeParams(0)
        Dim TSecond As GenericTypeParameterBuilder = typeParams(1)

        Console.WriteLine("Type 'Sample' is generic: {0}", _
            myType.IsGenericType)

        ' Apply constraints to the type parameters.
        '
        ' A type that is substituted for the first parameter, TFirst,
        ' must be a reference type and must have a parameterless
        ' constructor.
        TFirst.SetGenericParameterAttributes( _
            GenericParameterAttributes.DefaultConstructorConstraint _
            Or GenericParameterAttributes.ReferenceTypeConstraint)

        ' A type that is substituted for the second type
        ' parameter must implement IExampleA and IExampleB, and
        ' inherit from the trivial test class ExampleBase. The
        ' interface constraints are specified as an array 
        ' containing the interface types.
        TSecond.SetBaseTypeConstraint(baseType)
        Dim interfaceTypes() As Type = {interfaceA, interfaceB}
        TSecond.SetInterfaceConstraints(interfaceTypes)

        ' The following code adds a private field named ExampleField,
        ' of type TFirst.
        Dim exField As FieldBuilder = _
            myType.DefineField("ExampleField", TFirst, _
                FieldAttributes.Private)

        ' Define a Shared method that takes an array of TFirst and 
        ' returns a List(Of TFirst) containing all the elements of 
        ' the array. To define this method it is necessary to create
        ' the type List(Of TFirst) by calling MakeGenericType on the
        ' generic type definition, List(Of T). (The T is omitted with
        ' the GetType operator when you get the generic type 
        ' definition.) The parameter type is created by using the
        ' MakeArrayType method. 
        '
        Dim listOf As Type = GetType(List(Of ))
        Dim listOfTFirst As Type = listOf.MakeGenericType(TFirst)
        Dim mParamTypes() As Type = {TFirst.MakeArrayType()}

        Dim exMethod As MethodBuilder = _
            myType.DefineMethod("ExampleMethod", _
                MethodAttributes.Public Or MethodAttributes.Static, _
                listOfTFirst, _
                mParamTypes)

        ' Emit the method body. 
        ' The method body consists of just three opcodes, to load 
        ' the input array onto the execution stack, to call the 
        ' List(Of TFirst) constructor that takes IEnumerable(Of TFirst),
        ' which does all the work of putting the input elements into
        ' the list, and to return, leaving the list on the stack. The
        ' hard work is getting the constructor.
        ' 
        ' The GetConstructor method is not supported on a 
        ' GenericTypeParameterBuilder, so it is not possible to get 
        ' the constructor of List(Of TFirst) directly. There are two
        ' steps, first getting the constructor of List(Of T) and then
        ' calling a method that converts it to the corresponding 
        ' constructor of List(Of TFirst).
        '
        ' The constructor needed here is the one that takes an
        ' IEnumerable(Of T). Note, however, that this is not the 
        ' generic type definition of IEnumerable(Of T); instead, the
        ' T from List(Of T) must be substituted for the T of 
        ' IEnumerable(Of T). (This seems confusing only because both
        ' types have type parameters named T. That is why this example
        ' uses the somewhat silly names TFirst and TSecond.) To get
        ' the type of the constructor argument, take the generic
        ' type definition IEnumerable(Of T) (expressed as 
        ' IEnumerable(Of ) when you use the GetType operator) and 
        ' call MakeGenericType with the first generic type parameter
        ' of List(Of T). The constructor argument list must be passed
        ' as an array, with just one argument in this case.
        ' 
        ' Now it is possible to get the constructor of List(Of T),
        ' using GetConstructor on the generic type definition. To get
        ' the constructor of List(Of TFirst), pass List(Of TFirst) and
        ' the constructor from List(Of T) to the static
        ' TypeBuilder.GetConstructor method.
        '
        Dim ilgen As ILGenerator = exMethod.GetILGenerator()

        Dim ienumOf As Type = GetType(IEnumerable(Of ))
        Dim listOfTParams() As Type = listOf.GetGenericArguments()
        Dim TfromListOf As Type = listOfTParams(0)
        Dim ienumOfT As Type = ienumOf.MakeGenericType(TfromListOf)
        Dim ctorArgs() As Type = {ienumOfT}

        Dim ctorPrep As ConstructorInfo = _
            listOf.GetConstructor(ctorArgs)
        Dim ctor As ConstructorInfo = _
            TypeBuilder.GetConstructor(listOfTFirst, ctorPrep)

        ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0)
        ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Newobj, ctor)
        ilgen.Emit(OpCodes.Ret)

        ' Create the type and save the assembly. 
        Dim finished As Type = myType.CreateType()
        myAssembly.Save(myAsmName.Name & ".dll")

        ' Invoke the method.
        ' ExampleMethod is not generic, but the type it belongs to is
        ' generic, so in order to get a MethodInfo that can be invoked
        ' it is necessary to create a constructed type. The Example 
        ' class satisfies the constraints on TFirst, because it is a 
        ' reference type and has a default constructor. In order to
        ' have a class that satisfies the constraints on TSecond, 
        ' this code example defines the ExampleDerived type. These
        ' two types are passed to MakeGenericMethod to create the
        ' constructed type.
        '
        Dim typeArgs() As Type = _
            {GetType(Example), GetType(ExampleDerived)}
        Dim constructed As Type = finished.MakeGenericType(typeArgs)
        Dim mi As MethodInfo = constructed.GetMethod("ExampleMethod")

        ' Create an array of Example objects, as input to the generic
        ' method. This array must be passed as the only element of an 
        ' array of arguments. The first argument of Invoke is 
        ' Nothing, because ExampleMethod is Shared. Display the count
        ' on the resulting List(Of Example).
        ' 
        Dim input() As Example = {New Example(), New Example()}
        Dim arguments() As Object = {input}

        Dim listX As List(Of Example) = mi.Invoke(Nothing, arguments)

        Console.WriteLine(vbLf & _
            "There are {0} elements in the List(Of Example).", _
            listX.Count _
        )

        DisplayGenericParameters(finished)
    End Sub

    Private Shared Sub DisplayGenericParameters(ByVal t As Type)

        If Not t.IsGenericType Then
            Console.WriteLine("Type '{0}' is not generic.")
            Return
        End If
        If Not t.IsGenericTypeDefinition Then _
            t = t.GetGenericTypeDefinition()

        Dim typeParameters() As Type = t.GetGenericArguments()
        Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & _
            "Listing {0} type parameters for type '{1}'.", _
            typeParameters.Length, t)

        For Each tParam As Type In typeParameters

            Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Type parameter {0}:", _
                tParam.ToString())

            For Each c As Type In tParam.GetGenericParameterConstraints()
                If c.IsInterface Then
                    Console.WriteLine("    Interface constraint: {0}", c)
                Else
                    Console.WriteLine("    Base type constraint: {0}", c)
                End If
            Next

            ListConstraintAttributes(tParam)
        Next tParam
    End Sub

    ' List the constraint flags. The GenericParameterAttributes
    ' enumeration contains two sets of attributes, variance and
    ' constraints. For this example, only constraints are used.
    '
    Private Shared Sub ListConstraintAttributes(ByVal t As Type)

        ' Mask off the constraint flags. 
        Dim constraints As GenericParameterAttributes = _
            t.GenericParameterAttributes And _
            GenericParameterAttributes.SpecialConstraintMask

        If (constraints And GenericParameterAttributes.ReferenceTypeConstraint) _
                <> GenericParameterAttributes.None Then _
            Console.WriteLine("    ReferenceTypeConstraint")

        If (constraints And GenericParameterAttributes.NotNullableValueTypeConstraint) _
                <> GenericParameterAttributes.None Then _
            Console.WriteLine("    NotNullableValueTypeConstraint")

        If (constraints And GenericParameterAttributes.DefaultConstructorConstraint) _
                <> GenericParameterAttributes.None Then _
            Console.WriteLine("    DefaultConstructorConstraint")

    End Sub

End Class

' This code example produces the following output:
'
'Type 'Sample' is generic: False
'Type 'Sample' is generic: True
'
'There are 2 elements in the List(Of Example).
'
'Listing 2 type parameters for type 'Sample[TFirst,TSecond]'.
'
'Type parameter TFirst:
'    ReferenceTypeConstraint
'    DefaultConstructorConstraint
'
'Type parameter TSecond:
'    Interface constraint: IExampleA
'    Interface constraint: IExampleB
'    Base type constraint: ExampleBase

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