ModuleBuilder.DefineType Method (String, TypeAttributes)

Parameters

• name
  Type: System.String
  The full name of the type, including the namespace. name cannot contain embedded nulls.

• attr
  Type: System.Reflection.TypeAttributes
  The attributes of the defined type.

Return Value

Type: System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder
A type with the specified name and attributes.

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Reflection.Emit

Public Class Example

    Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

        ' Create a dynamic assembly. In Silverlight, dynamic assemblies have only
        ' one module, and are always created with AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run.
        '
        Dim asmname As AssemblyName = new AssemblyName("temp")
        Dim asmbuild As AssemblyBuilder = _
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(asmname, _
                                                          AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run)
        Dim modbuild As ModuleBuilder = asmbuild.DefineDynamicModule("temp")

        ' Define a type. If TypeAttributes.Public is not specified, the default
        ' access is private, and instances of the type cannot be created.
        '
        Dim typebuild1 As TypeBuilder = _
            modbuild.DefineType("TestType", TypeAttributes.Public)

        ' Create the type, and create an instance of the type.
        '
        Dim t As Type = typebuild1.CreateType()
        Dim obj As Object = Activator.CreateInstance(t)

        outputBlock.Text &= t.AssemblyQualifiedName & vbCrLf
        outputBlock.Text &= obj.ToString()
   End Sub
End Class

' This example produces the following output:
'
'TestType, temp, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
'TestType

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.Emit;

public class Example
{
    public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
    {
        // Create a dynamic assembly. In Silverlight, dynamic assemblies have only
        // one module, and are always created with AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run.
        //
        AssemblyName asmname = new AssemblyName("temp");
        AssemblyBuilder asmbuild = 
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(asmname, 
                                                          AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run);
        ModuleBuilder modbuild = asmbuild.DefineDynamicModule("temp");

        // Define a type. If TypeAttributes.Public is not specified, the default
        // access is private, and instances of the type cannot be created.
        //
        TypeBuilder typebuild1 = modbuild.DefineType("TestType", TypeAttributes.Public);

        // Create the type, and create an instance of the type.
        //
        Type t = typebuild1.CreateType();
        Object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(t);

        outputBlock.Text += t.AssemblyQualifiedName + "\n";
        outputBlock.Text += obj.ToString();
   }
}

/* This example produces the following output:

TestType, temp, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
TestType
 */