I know in php you are able to make a call like:
$function_name = 'hello';
$function_name();
function hello() { echo 'hello'; }
Is this possible in .Net?
I know in php you are able to make a call like:
$function_name = 'hello';
$function_name();
function hello() { echo 'hello'; }
Is this possible in .Net?
Yes. You can use reflection. Something like this:
Type thisType = this.GetType();
MethodInfo theMethod = thisType.GetMethod(TheCommandString);
theMethod.Invoke(this, userParameters);
With the above code, the method which is invoked must have access modifier public. If calling a non-public method, one needs to use the BindingFlags parameter, e.g. BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance:
Type thisType = this.GetType();
MethodInfo theMethod = thisType
.GetMethod(TheCommandString, BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
theMethod.Invoke(this, userParameters);
You can invoke methods of a class instance using reflection, doing a dynamic method invocation:
Suppose that you have a method called hello in a the actual instance (this):
string methodName = "hello";
//Get the method information using the method info class
MethodInfo mi = this.GetType().GetMethod(methodName);
//Invoke the method
// (null- no parameter for the method call
// or you can pass the array of parameters...)
mi.Invoke(this, null);
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Type type = typeof(MyReflectionClass);
MethodInfo method = type.GetMethod("MyMethod");
MyReflectionClass c = new MyReflectionClass();
string result = (string)method.Invoke(c, null);
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
}
public class MyReflectionClass
{
public string MyMethod()
{
return DateTime.Now.ToString();
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string method = args[0]; // get name method
CallMethod(method);
}
public static void CallMethod(string method)
{
try
{
Type type = typeof(Program);
MethodInfo methodInfo = type.GetMethod(method);
methodInfo.Invoke(method, null);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
public static void Hello()
{
string a = "hello world!";
Console.WriteLine(a);
Console.ReadKey();
}
}