.NET REFLECTION

CLR loading each assembly into the appropriate application domain and controlling memmory layout of it.Assembly contains modules, module contain type and type contain members. Reflection provide object that encapsulate assemblies, modules and types.   **U can use reflection to : -dynamically create an instances of a type, -bind type to an existing object or -get the type of from an existing object. ======================================================== Reflection is the feature in .Net, which enables us to get some information about object in runtime. That information contains data of the class. Also it can get the names of the methods that are inside the class and constructors of that object. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     *  Use Assembly to define and load assemblies, load modules that are listed in the assembly manifest, and locate a type from this assembly and create an instance of it.     * Use Module to discover information such as the assembly that contains the module and the classes in the module. You can also get all global methods or other specific, nonglobal methods defined on the module.       * Use ConstructorInfo to discover information such as the name, parameters, access modifiers (such as public or private), and implementation details (such as abstract or virtual) of a constructor. Use the GetConstructors or GetConstructor method of a Type to invoke a specific constructor.       * Use MethodInfo to discover information such as the name, return type, parameters, access modifiers (such as public or private), and implementation details (such as abstract or virtual) of a method. Use the GetMethods or GetMethod method of a Type to invoke a specific method.     * Use FieldInfo to discover information such as the name, access modifiers (such as public or private) and implementation details (such as static) of a field, and to get or set field values.     * Use EventInfo to discover information such as the name, event-handler data type, custom attributes, declaring type, and reflected type of an event, and to add or remove event handlers.     * Use PropertyInfo to discover information such as the name, data type, declaring type, reflected type, and read-only or writable status of a property, and to get or set property values.     * Use ParameterInfo to discover information such as a parameter's name, data type, whether a parameter is an input or output parameter, and the position of the parameter in a method signature. =========================================================================== Ex:- TestDataType testObject = new TestDataType(15); Type objectType = testObject.GetType(); ConstructorInfo [] info = objectType.GetConstructors(); MethodInfo [] methods = objectType.GetMethods();