Options for invoking methods dynamically in C#

Question

I've seen quite a few questions related to how do I invoke a method like this and that. What I haven't found is a listing of the different options of how to invoke a method via reflection or any other means in csharp.

Can someone explain in detail the different ways of dynamically invoking a method in csharp? From reflection to emitting IL and any other ways in between. I would like to know of all the different ways from most expensive to least expensive in terms of resources.

Answer 1

To get you started, here are the ways to invoke a method in .NET that I can think of:

• Call
• Callvirt
• Delegate
• DynamicMethod
• MethodInfo.Invoke
• Type.InvokeMember
• TypeDescriptor
• Reflection.Emit
• Expression Trees

I remember some article comparing the speed of most of them, but I can't seem to find it at the moment.

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