coding practices - Part 6 (Reflector)

[Anand Kumar]

New Message on dotNET User Group Hyd coding practices - Part 6 (Reflector) Reply   Reply to Sender   Recommend Message 1 in Discussion From: Anand Kumar Hi Group, Today I am talking about .NET reflector .NET Reflector is a class browser and decompiler that can examine an assembly and show you just about all of its secrets. The .NET Framework introduced the world to the concept of reflection which can be used to examine any .NET-based code, whether it is a single class or an entire assembly. Reflection can also be used to retrieve information about the various classes, methods, and properties included in a particular assembly. Using .NET Reflector, you can browse the classes and methods of an assembly, you can examine the Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) generated by these classes and methods, and you can decompile the classes and methods and see the equivalent in C# or VB.NET. To demonstrate the workings of .NET Reflector just load and assembly ( create a small application based on sample code have few methods and properties to explore this tool).The output shown as attachment . In addition to being able to view the MSIL, you can also view the method as C# by selecting Decompiler under the Tools menu. You could also view this method decompiled to Visual Basic .NET or Delphi by changing your selection under the Languages menu. The .NET Framework offers many different ways to perform similar operations. For example, if you need to read a set of data from XML, there are a variety of different ways to do this using XmlDocument, XPathNavigator, or XmlReader. By using .NET Reflector, you can see what Microsoft used when writing the ReadXml method of the DataSet, or what they did when reading data from the configuration files. .NET Reflector is also an excellent way to see the best practices for creating objects like HttpHandlers or configuration handlers because you get to see how the team at Microsoft actually built those objects in the Framework. .NET Reflector was written by Lutz Roeder and can be downloaded from http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet. Cheers Anand View Attachment(s) View other groups in this category. Also on MSN: Start Chatting | Listen to Music | House & Home | Try Online Dating | Daily Horoscopes To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. Remove my e-mail address from dotNET User Group Hyd.