EnumBuilder.Assembly Property

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Retrieves the dynamic assembly that contains this enum definition.

Namespace:  System.Reflection.Emit
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Assembly As Assembly

public override Assembly Assembly { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Reflection.Assembly
Read-only. The dynamic assembly that contains this enum definition.

Examples

The following code sample demonstrates the use of the Assembly property to reference the parent assembly of the current EnumBuilder.

Note:
To run this example, see Building Examples That Use a Demo Method and a TextBlock Control.

Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Reflection.Emit

Class Example

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

      ' Get the current application domain.
      Dim currentDomain As AppDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain

      ' Create a dynamic assembly in the current application domain, 
      ' and allow it to be executed.
      Dim aName As AssemblyName = New AssemblyName("TempAssembly")
      Dim ab As AssemblyBuilder = currentDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly( _
          aName, AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run)

      ' Define a dynamic module in "TempAssembly" assembly. The module can
      ' have the same name as the assembly.
      Dim mb As ModuleBuilder = _
          ab.DefineDynamicModule(aName.Name)

      ' Define a public enumeration with the name "Elevation" and an 
      ' underlying type of Integer.
      Dim eb As EnumBuilder = _
          mb.DefineEnum("Elevation", TypeAttributes.Public, GetType(Integer))

      ' Define two members, "High" and "Low".
      eb.DefineLiteral("Low", 0)
      eb.DefineLiteral("High", 1)

      ' Create the type.
      Dim finished As Type = eb.CreateType()

      For Each fi As FieldInfo in finished.GetFields()
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0}.{1} = {2}" & vbCrLf, _
            finished.Name, fi.Name, fi.GetRawConstantValue())
      Next

      outputBlock.Text &= "Properties of EnumBuilder:  " & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= "Assembly: " & eb.Assembly.ToString() & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= "AssemblyQualifiedName: " & eb.AssemblyQualifiedName.ToString() & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= "Module: " & eb.Module.ToString() & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= "Name: " & eb.Name.ToString() & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= "NameSpace: " & eb.Namespace & vbCrLf
   End Sub
End Class

' This code example produces output similar to the following:
'
'Elevation.Low = 0
'Elevation.High = 1 
'Properties of EnumBuilder: 
'Assembly: TempAssembly, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
'AssemblyQualifiedName: Elevation, TempAssembly, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
'Module: RefEmit_InMemoryManifestModule
'Name: Elevation
'NameSpace: 

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

class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      // Get the current application domain.
      AppDomain currentDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain;

      // Create a dynamic assembly in the current application domain, 
      // and allow it to be executed.
      AssemblyName aName = new AssemblyName("TempAssembly");
      AssemblyBuilder ab = currentDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(aName, 
         AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run);

      // Define a dynamic module in "TempAssembly" assembly. The module can
      // have the same name as the assembly.
      ModuleBuilder mb = ab.DefineDynamicModule(aName.Name);

      // Define a public enumeration with the name "Elevation" and an 
      // underlying type of Integer.
      EnumBuilder eb = mb.DefineEnum("Elevation", 
         TypeAttributes.Public, typeof(int));

      // Define two members, "High" and "Low".
      eb.DefineLiteral("Low", 0);
      eb.DefineLiteral("High", 1);

      // Create the type.
      Type finished = eb.CreateType();

      foreach( FieldInfo fi in finished.GetFields() )
      {
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0}.{1} = {2}\n", 
            finished.Name, fi.Name, fi.GetRawConstantValue());
      }

      outputBlock.Text += "Properties of EnumBuilder:  " + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += "Assembly: " + eb.Assembly.ToString() + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += "AssemblyQualifiedName: " + eb.AssemblyQualifiedName.ToString() + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += "Module: " + eb.Module.ToString() + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += "Name: " + eb.Name.ToString() + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += "NameSpace: " + eb.Namespace + "\n";
   }
}

/* This code example produces output similar to the following:

Elevation.Low = 0
Elevation.High = 1 
Properties of EnumBuilder: 
Assembly: TempAssembly, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
AssemblyQualifiedName: Elevation, TempAssembly, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
Module: RefEmit_InMemoryManifestModule
Name: Elevation
NameSpace: 
 */

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

Reference

EnumBuilder Class

System.Reflection.Emit Namespace