Namespace: System.Reflection.Emit

The Reflection Emit namespace contains classes that allow a compiler or tool to emit metadata and Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) and optionally generate a PE file on disk. The primary clients of these classes are script engines and compilers.

Members of System.Reflection.Emit Namespace

Classes

Class	Description
class AssemblyBuilder	Defines and represents a dynamic assembly.
class ConstructorBuilder	Defines and represents a constructor of a dynamic class.
class CustomAttributeBuilder	Helps build custom attributes.
class EnumBuilder	Describes and represents an enumeration type.
class EventBuilder	Defines events for a class.
class FieldBuilder	Defines and represents a field. This class cannot be inherited.
class ILGenerator	Generates Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instructions.
class LocalBuilder	Represents a local variable within a method or constructor.
class MethodBuilder	Defines and represents a method (or constructor) on a dynamic class.
class MethodRental	Provides a fast way to swap method body implementation given a method of a class.
class ModuleBuilder	Defines and represents a module. Get an instance of ModuleBuilder by calling AssemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicModule.
class OpCodes	Provides field representations of the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) instructions for emission by the class members (such as ).
class ParameterBuilder	Creates or associates parameter information.
class PropertyBuilder	Defines the properties for a type.
class SignatureHelper	Provides methods for building signatures.
class TypeBuilder	Defines and creates new instances of classes during runtime.
class UnmanagedMarshal	Represents the class that describes how to marshal a field from managed to unmanaged code. This class cannot be inherited.

Structures

Structure	Description
structure EventToken	Represents the returned by the metadata to represent an event.
structure FieldToken	The class is an object representation of a token that represents a field.
structure Label	Represents a label in the instruction stream. is used in conjunction with the ILGenerator class.
structure MethodToken	The class is an object representation of a token that represents a method.
structure OpCode	Describes a Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instruction.
structure ParameterToken	The class is an opaque representation of the token returned by the metadata to represent a parameter.
structure PropertyToken	The class is an opaque representation of the returned by the metadata to represent a property.
structure SignatureToken	Represents the returned by the metadata to represent a signature.
structure StringToken	Represents a token that represents a string.
structure TypeToken	Represents the returned by the metadata to represent a type.

Enumerations

Enumeration	Description
enumeration AssemblyBuilderAccess	Defines the access modes for a dynamic assembly.
enumeration FlowControl	Describes how an instruction alters the flow of control.
enumeration OpCodeType	Describes the types of the Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instructions.
enumeration OperandType	Describes the operand type of Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instruction.
enumeration PackingSize	Specifies the packing size of a type.
enumeration PEFileKinds	Specifies the type of the portable executable (PE) file.
enumeration StackBehaviour	Describes how values are pushed onto a stack or popped off a stack.