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Write runnable, runtime emitted assemblies to disk with .NET 9
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using System; | |
using System.IO; | |
using System.Reflection; | |
using System.Reflection.Emit; | |
using System.Reflection.Metadata; | |
using System.Reflection.Metadata.Ecma335; | |
using System.Reflection.PortableExecutable; | |
var assemblyPath = "test.dll"; | |
//CreateAndSaveAssembly(assemblyPath); | |
UseAssembly(assemblyPath); | |
; | |
static void CreateAndSaveAssembly(string assemblyPath) | |
{ | |
PersistedAssemblyBuilder ab = new PersistedAssemblyBuilder( | |
new AssemblyName("MyAssembly"), | |
typeof(object).Assembly | |
); | |
TypeBuilder tb = ab.DefineDynamicModule("MyModule") | |
.DefineType("MyType", TypeAttributes.Public | TypeAttributes.Class); | |
MethodBuilder entryPoint = tb.DefineMethod( | |
"Main", | |
MethodAttributes.HideBySig | MethodAttributes.Public | MethodAttributes.Static | |
); | |
ILGenerator il = entryPoint.GetILGenerator(); | |
// ... | |
il.EmitWriteLine("Hello World!"); | |
il.Emit(OpCodes.Ret); | |
tb.CreateType(); | |
MetadataBuilder metadataBuilder = ab.GenerateMetadata( | |
out BlobBuilder ilStream, | |
out BlobBuilder fieldData | |
); | |
PEHeaderBuilder peHeaderBuilder = new PEHeaderBuilder( | |
imageCharacteristics: Characteristics.ExecutableImage); | |
ManagedPEBuilder peBuilder = new ManagedPEBuilder( | |
header: peHeaderBuilder, | |
metadataRootBuilder: new MetadataRootBuilder(metadataBuilder), | |
ilStream: ilStream, | |
mappedFieldData: fieldData, | |
entryPoint: MetadataTokens.MethodDefinitionHandle(entryPoint.MetadataToken) | |
); | |
BlobBuilder peBlob = new BlobBuilder(); | |
peBuilder.Serialize(peBlob); | |
using var fileStream = new FileStream(assemblyPath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write); | |
peBlob.WriteContentTo(fileStream); | |
} | |
static void UseAssembly(string assemblyPath) | |
{ | |
Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(assemblyPath); | |
var type = assembly.GetType("MyType") ?? throw new("no type found"); | |
MethodInfo? method = type?.GetMethod("Main") ?? throw new("no method found"); | |
Console.WriteLine(method?.Invoke(null, null)); | |
} |
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