MethodRental.SwapMethodBody(Type, Int32, IntPtr, Int32, Int32) Method

public:
 static void SwapMethodBody(Type ^ cls, int methodtoken, IntPtr rgIL, int methodSize, int flags);

public static void SwapMethodBody (Type cls, int methodtoken, IntPtr rgIL, int methodSize, int flags);

static member SwapMethodBody : Type * int * nativeint * int * int -> unit

Public Shared Sub SwapMethodBody (cls As Type, methodtoken As Integer, rgIL As IntPtr, methodSize As Integer, flags As Integer)

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Examples

The following example illustrates how to swap a method body for a new body. It also illustrates how to obtain a method token for an existing method and how to construct a blob of bytes representing the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) code to be passed to SwapMethodBody.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Reflection::Emit;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;

// First make a method that returns 0.
// Then swap the method body with a body that returns 1.
int main()
{
   // Construct a dynamic assembly
   Guid g = Guid::NewGuid();
   AssemblyName^ asmname = gcnew AssemblyName;
   asmname->Name = String::Concat( "tempfile", g );
   AssemblyBuilder^ asmbuild = System::Threading::Thread::GetDomain()->DefineDynamicAssembly( asmname, AssemblyBuilderAccess::Run );

   // Add a dynamic module that contains one type that has one method that
   // has no arguments.
   ModuleBuilder^ modbuild = asmbuild->DefineDynamicModule( "test" );
   TypeBuilder^ tb = modbuild->DefineType( "name of the Type" );
   array<Type^>^temp2;
   MethodBuilder^ somemethod = tb->DefineMethod( "My method Name", static_cast<MethodAttributes>(MethodAttributes::Public | MethodAttributes::Static), int::typeid, temp2 );

   // Define the body of the method to return 0.
   ILGenerator^ ilg = somemethod->GetILGenerator();
   ilg->Emit( OpCodes::Ldc_I4_0 );
   ilg->Emit( OpCodes::Ret );

   // Complete the type and verify that it returns 0.
   Type^ tbBaked = tb->CreateType();
   array<Object^>^temp0;
   int res1 = safe_cast<Int32>(tbBaked->GetMethod( "My method Name" )->Invoke( nullptr, temp0 ));
   if ( res1 != 0 )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Err_001a, should have returned 0" );
   }
   else
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Original method returned 0" );
   }

   // Define a new method body that will return a 1 instead.

   // code size
   // ldc_i4_1
   // ret
   array<Byte>^methodBytes = {0x03,0x30,0x0A,0x00,0x02,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x17,0x2a};

   // Get the token for the method whose body you are replacing.
   MethodToken somemethodToken = somemethod->GetToken();

   // Get the pointer to the method body.
   GCHandle hmem = GCHandle::Alloc( (Object^)methodBytes, GCHandleType::Pinned );
   IntPtr addr = hmem.AddrOfPinnedObject();
   int cbSize = methodBytes->Length;

   // Swap the old method body with the new body.
   MethodRental::SwapMethodBody( tbBaked, somemethodToken.Token, addr, cbSize, MethodRental::JitImmediate );

   // Verify that the modified method returns 1.
   array<Object^>^temp1;
   int res2 = safe_cast<Int32>(tbBaked->GetMethod( "My method Name" )->Invoke( nullptr, temp1 ));
   if ( res2 != 1 )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Err_001b, should have returned 1" );
   }
   else
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Swapped method body returned 1" );
   }
}

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.Emit;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

class SwapMethodBodySample
{
    // First make a method that returns 0.
    // Then swap the method body with a body that returns 1.
    public static void Main(string [] args)
    {
    // Construct a dynamic assembly
    Guid g = Guid.NewGuid();
    AssemblyName asmname = new AssemblyName();
    asmname.Name = "tempfile" + g;
    AssemblyBuilder asmbuild = System.Threading.Thread.GetDomain().
        DefineDynamicAssembly(asmname, AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run);

    // Add a dynamic module that contains one type that has one method that
    // has no arguments.
    ModuleBuilder modbuild = asmbuild.DefineDynamicModule( "test");
        TypeBuilder tb = modbuild.DefineType( "name of the Type" );
        MethodBuilder somemethod = tb.DefineMethod
            ("My method Name",
             MethodAttributes.Public | MethodAttributes.Static,
             typeof(int),
             new Type[]{} );
    // Define the body of the method to return 0.
        ILGenerator ilg = somemethod.GetILGenerator();
    ilg.Emit(OpCodes.Ldc_I4_0);
    ilg.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

    // Complete the type and verify that it returns 0.
    Type tbBaked = tb.CreateType();
    int res1 = (int)tbBaked.GetMethod("My method Name").Invoke( null, new Object[]{} );
    if ( res1 != 0 ) {
        Console.WriteLine( "Err_001a, should have returned 0" );
    } else {
        Console.WriteLine("Original method returned 0");
    }

    // Define a new method body that will return a 1 instead.
    Byte[] methodBytes = {
        0x03,
        0x30,
        0x0A,
        0x00,
        0x02,                // code size
        0x00,
        0x00,
        0x00,
        0x00,
        0x00,
        0x00,
        0x00,
        0x17,                // ldc_i4_1
        0x2a                // ret
    };

    // Get the token for the method whose body you are replacing.
    MethodToken somemethodToken = somemethod.GetToken();

    // Get the pointer to the method body.
        GCHandle hmem = GCHandle.Alloc((Object) methodBytes, GCHandleType.Pinned);
        IntPtr addr = hmem.AddrOfPinnedObject();
    int cbSize = methodBytes.Length;

    // Swap the old method body with the new body.
    MethodRental.SwapMethodBody(
                    tbBaked,
                    somemethodToken.Token,
                    addr,
                    cbSize,
                    MethodRental.JitImmediate);

    // Verify that the modified method returns 1.
    int res2 = (int)tbBaked.GetMethod("My method Name").Invoke( null, new Object[]{} );
    if ( res2 != 1 ) {
        Console.WriteLine( "Err_001b, should have returned 1" );
    } else {
        Console.WriteLine("Swapped method body returned 1");
    }
    }
}

Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Reflection.Emit
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Class SwapMethodBodySample
    
    ' First make a method that returns 0.
    ' Then swap the method body with a body that returns 1.
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' Construct a dynamic assembly
        Dim g As Guid = Guid.NewGuid()
        Dim asmname As New AssemblyName()
        asmname.Name = "tempfile" + g.ToString()
        Dim asmbuild As AssemblyBuilder = _
           System.Threading.Thread.GetDomain().DefineDynamicAssembly _
           (asmname, AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run)
        
        ' Add a dynamic module that contains one type that has one method that
        ' has no arguments.
        Dim modbuild As ModuleBuilder = asmbuild.DefineDynamicModule("test")
        Dim tb As TypeBuilder = modbuild.DefineType("name of the Type")
        Dim somemethod As MethodBuilder = _
           tb.DefineMethod("My method Name", _
           MethodAttributes.Public Or(MethodAttributes.Static), _
           GetType(Integer), New Type() {})
        ' Define the body of the method to return 0.
        Dim ilg As ILGenerator = somemethod.GetILGenerator()
        ilg.Emit(OpCodes.Ldc_I4_0)
        ilg.Emit(OpCodes.Ret)
        
        ' Complete the type and verify that it returns 0.
        Dim tbBaked As Type = tb.CreateType()
        Dim res1 As Integer = _
           CInt(tbBaked.GetMethod("My method Name").Invoke _
           (Nothing, New Object() {}))
        If res1 <> 0 Then
            Console.WriteLine("Err_001a, should have returned 0")
        Else
            Console.WriteLine("Original method returned 0")
        End If
        
        ' Define a new method body that will return a 1 instead.
        Dim methodBytes As Byte() = _
        {&H3, &H30, &HA, &H0, &H2, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H17, &H2A}
        '&H2     code size
        '&H17    ldc_i4_1
        '&H2A    ret
        
        ' Get the token for the method whose body you are replacing.
        Dim somemethodToken As MethodToken = somemethod.GetToken()
        
        ' Get the pointer to the method body.
        Dim hmem As GCHandle = _
           GCHandle.Alloc(CType(methodBytes, Object), GCHandleType.Pinned)
        Dim addr As IntPtr = hmem.AddrOfPinnedObject()
        Dim cbSize As Integer = methodBytes.Length
        
        ' Swap the old method body with the new body.
        MethodRental.SwapMethodBody(tbBaked, somemethodToken.Token, addr, _
           cbSize, MethodRental.JitImmediate)
        
        ' Verify that the modified method returns 1.
        Dim res2 As Integer = _
           CInt(tbBaked.GetMethod("My method Name").Invoke _
           (Nothing, New Object() {}))
        If res2 <> 1 Then
            Console.WriteLine("Err_001b, should have returned 1")
        Else
            Console.WriteLine("Swapped method body returned 1")
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

You cannot use this method to swap the body of a global method.

The method can only be called by the client that created the dynamic module that contains the type whose method's body is being swapped.

Applies to