Say I have a SpaceShip
class, like so:
public class SpaceShip {
public SpaceShip() { }
public SpaceShip(IRocketFuelSource fuelSource) { }
}
I want to use TypeBuilder
to create a type at run-time which inherits from SpaceShip, and defines one constructor for each of the ones in SpaceShip. I don't need the constructors to actually do anything except pass their arguments up to the parent ("pass-through" constructors). For example, the generated type would look something like this if expressed in C#:
public class SpaceShipSubClass : SpaceShip {
public SpaceShipSubClass() : base() { }
public SpaceShipSubClass(IRocketFuelSource fuelSource) : base(fuelSource) { }
}
To complicate things a bit, I don't actually know which class the generated type will be inheriting from until run-time (so I'll have to take into account any number of constructors, possibly with default parameters).
Is this possible? I think I could figure it out if I had a general direction to start with, it's just that I'm completely new to TypeBuilder
.
Thanks!
Alright, I couldn't find anything online, so I ended up implementing my own. This should help start off anyone writing some sort of proxy, too.
public static class TypeBuilderHelper
{
/// <summary>Creates one constructor for each public constructor in the base class. Each constructor simply
/// forwards its arguments to the base constructor, and matches the base constructor's signature.
/// Supports optional values, and custom attributes on constructors and parameters.
/// Does not support n-ary (variadic) constructors</summary>
public static void CreatePassThroughConstructors(this TypeBuilder builder, Type baseType)
{
foreach (var constructor in baseType.GetConstructors()) {
var parameters = constructor.GetParameters();
if (parameters.Length > 0 && parameters.Last().IsDefined(typeof(ParamArrayAttribute), false)) {
//throw new InvalidOperationException("Variadic constructors are not supported");
continue;
}
var parameterTypes = parameters.Select(p => p.ParameterType).ToArray();
var requiredCustomModifiers = parameters.Select(p => p.GetRequiredCustomModifiers()).ToArray();
var optionalCustomModifiers = parameters.Select(p => p.GetOptionalCustomModifiers()).ToArray();
var ctor = builder.DefineConstructor(MethodAttributes.Public, constructor.CallingConvention, parameterTypes, requiredCustomModifiers, optionalCustomModifiers);
for (var i = 0; i < parameters.Length; ++i) {
var parameter = parameters[i];
var parameterBuilder = ctor.DefineParameter(i + 1, parameter.Attributes, parameter.Name);
if (((int)parameter.Attributes & (int)ParameterAttributes.HasDefault) != 0) {
parameterBuilder.SetConstant(parameter.RawDefaultValue);
}
foreach (var attribute in BuildCustomAttributes(parameter.GetCustomAttributesData())) {
parameterBuilder.SetCustomAttribute(attribute);
}
}
foreach (var attribute in BuildCustomAttributes(constructor.GetCustomAttributesData())) {
ctor.SetCustomAttribute(attribute);
}
var emitter = ctor.GetILGenerator();
emitter.Emit(OpCodes.Nop);
// Load `this` and call base constructor with arguments
emitter.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
for (var i = 1; i <= parameters.Length; ++i) {
emitter.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg, i);
}
emitter.Emit(OpCodes.Call, constructor);
emitter.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);
}
}
private static CustomAttributeBuilder[] BuildCustomAttributes(IEnumerable<CustomAttributeData> customAttributes)
{
return customAttributes.Select(attribute => {
var attributeArgs = attribute.ConstructorArguments.Select(a => a.Value).ToArray();
var namedPropertyInfos = attribute.NamedArguments.Select(a => a.MemberInfo).OfType<PropertyInfo>().ToArray();
var namedPropertyValues = attribute.NamedArguments.Where(a => a.MemberInfo is PropertyInfo).Select(a => a.TypedValue.Value).ToArray();
var namedFieldInfos = attribute.NamedArguments.Select(a => a.MemberInfo).OfType<FieldInfo>().ToArray();
var namedFieldValues = attribute.NamedArguments.Where(a => a.MemberInfo is FieldInfo).Select(a => a.TypedValue.Value).ToArray();
return new CustomAttributeBuilder(attribute.Constructor, attributeArgs, namedPropertyInfos, namedPropertyValues, namedFieldInfos, namedFieldValues);
}).ToArray();
}
}
Usage (assuming you have a TypeBuilder
object -- see here for an example):
var typeBuilder = ...; // TypeBuilder for a SpaceShipSubClass
typeBuilder.CreatePassThroughConstructors(typeof(SpaceShip));
var subType = typeBuilder.CreateType(); // Woo-hoo, proxy constructors!