Reflection: How to Invoke Method with parameters

问题:

I am trying to invoke a method via reflection with parameters and I get:

object does not match target type

If I invoke a method without parameters, it works fine. Based on the following code if I call the method Test(\"TestNoParameters\"), it works fine. However if I call Test(\"Run\"), I get an exception. Is something wrong with my code?

My initial purpose was to pass an array of objects e.g. public void Run(object[] options) but this did not work and I tried something simpler e.g. string without success.

// Assembly1.dll
namespace TestAssembly
{
    public class Main
    {
        public void Run(string parameters)
        { 
            // Do something... 
        }
        public void TestNoParameters()
        {
            // Do something... 
        }
    }
}

// Executing Assembly.exe
public class TestReflection
{
    public void Test(string methodName)
    {
        Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFile(\"...Assembly1.dll\");
        Type type = assembly.GetType(\"TestAssembly.Main\");

        if (type != null)
        {
            MethodInfo methodInfo = type.GetMethod(methodName);

            if (methodInfo != null)
            {
                object result = null;
                ParameterInfo[] parameters = methodInfo.GetParameters();
                object classInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(type, null);

                if (parameters.Length == 0)
                {
                    // This works fine
                    result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, null);
                }
                else
                {
                    object[] parametersArray = new object[] { \"Hello\" };

                    // The invoke does NOT work;
                    // it throws \"Object does not match target type\"             
                    result = methodInfo.Invoke(methodInfo, parametersArray);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

回答1:

Change \"methodInfo\" to \"classInstance\", just like in the call with the null parameter array.

  result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, parametersArray);

回答2:

You have a bug right there

result = methodInfo.Invoke(methodInfo, parametersArray);

it should be

result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, parametersArray);

回答3:

A fundamental mistake is here:

result = methodInfo.Invoke(methodInfo, parametersArray); 

You are invoking the method on an instance of MethodInfo. You need to pass in an instance of the type of object that you want to invoke on.

result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, parametersArray);

回答4:

The provided solution does not work for instances of types loaded from a remote assembly. To do that, here is a solution that works in all situations, which involves an explicit type re-mapping of the type returned through the CreateInstance call.

This is how I need to create my classInstance, as it was located in a remote assembly.

// sample of my CreateInstance call with an explicit assembly reference
object classInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(assemblyName, type.FullName); 

However, even with the answer provided above, you\'d still get the same error. Here is how to go about:

// first, create a handle instead of the actual object
ObjectHandle classInstanceHandle = Activator.CreateInstance(assemblyName, type.FullName);
// unwrap the real slim-shady
object classInstance = classInstanceHandle.Unwrap(); 
// re-map the type to that of the object we retrieved
type = classInstace.GetType(); 

Then do as the other users mentioned here.

回答5:

I would use it like this, its way shorter and it won\'t give any problems

        dynamic result = null;
        if (methodInfo != null)
        {
            ParameterInfo[] parameters = methodInfo.GetParameters();
            object classInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(type, null);
            result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, parameters.Length == 0 ? null : parametersArray);
        }

回答6:

 Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFile(@\"....bin\\Debug\\TestCases.dll\");
       //get all types
        var testTypes = from t in assembly.GetTypes()
                        let attributes = t.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(NUnit.Framework.TestFixtureAttribute), true)
                        where attributes != null && attributes.Length > 0
                        orderby t.Name
                        select t;

        foreach (var type in testTypes)
        {
            //get test method in types.
            var testMethods = from m in type.GetMethods()
                              let attributes = m.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(NUnit.Framework.TestAttribute), true)
                              where attributes != null && attributes.Length > 0
                              orderby m.Name
                              select m;

            foreach (var method in testMethods)
            {
                MethodInfo methodInfo = type.GetMethod(method.Name);

                if (methodInfo != null)
                {
                    object result = null;
                    ParameterInfo[] parameters = methodInfo.GetParameters();
                    object classInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(type, null);

                    if (parameters.Length == 0)
                    {
                        // This works fine
                        result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, null);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        object[] parametersArray = new object[] { \"Hello\" };

                        // The invoke does NOT work;
                        // it throws \"Object does not match target type\"             
                        result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, parametersArray);
                    }
                }

            }
        }

回答7:

I tried to work with all the suggested answers above but nothing seems to work for me. So i am trying to explain what worked for me here.

I believe if you are calling some method like the Main below or even with a single parameter as in your question, you just have to change the type of parameter from string to object for this to work. I have a class like below

//Assembly.dll
namespace TestAssembly{
    public class Main{

        public void Hello()
        { 
            var name = Console.ReadLine();
            Console.WriteLine(\"Hello() called\");
            Console.WriteLine(\"Hello\" + name + \" at \" + DateTime.Now);
        }

        public void Run(string parameters)
        { 
            Console.WriteLine(\"Run() called\");
            Console.Write(\"You typed:\"  + parameters);
        }

        public string TestNoParameters()
        {
            Console.WriteLine(\"TestNoParameters() called\");
            return (\"TestNoParameters() called\");
        }

        public void Execute(object[] parameters)
        { 
            Console.WriteLine(\"Execute() called\");
           Console.WriteLine(\"Number of parameters received: \"  + parameters.Length);

           for(int i=0;i<parameters.Length;i++){
               Console.WriteLine(parameters[i]);
           }
        }

    }
}

Then you have to pass the parameterArray inside an object array like below while invoking it. The following method is what you need to work

private void ExecuteWithReflection(string methodName,object parameterObject = null)
{
    Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFile(\"Assembly.dll\");
    Type typeInstance = assembly.GetType(\"TestAssembly.Main\");

    if (typeInstance != null)
    {
        MethodInfo methodInfo = typeInstance.GetMethod(methodName);
        ParameterInfo[] parameterInfo = methodInfo.GetParameters();
        object classInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(typeInstance, null);

        if (parameterInfo.Length == 0)
        {
            // there is no parameter we can call with \'null\'
            var result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance, null);
        }
        else
        {
            var result = methodInfo.Invoke(classInstance,new object[] { parameterObject } );
        }
    }
}

This method makes it easy to invoke the method, it can be called as following

ExecuteWithReflection(\"Hello\");
ExecuteWithReflection(\"Run\",\"Vinod\");
ExecuteWithReflection(\"TestNoParameters\");
ExecuteWithReflection(\"Execute\",new object[]{\"Vinod\",\"Srivastav\"});