Is it possible to compile and execute new code at runtime in .NET?

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Yes! Using methods found in the Microsoft.CSharp, System.CodeDom.Compiler, and System.Reflection name spaces. Here is a simple console app that compiles a class (“SomeClass”) with one method (“Add42”) and then allows you to invoke that method. This is a bare-bones example that I formatted down to prevent scroll bars from appearing in the code display. It is just to demonstrate compiling and using new code at run time.

using Microsoft.CSharp;
using System;
using System.CodeDom.Compiler;
using System.Reflection;

namespace RuntimeCompilationTest {
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            string sourceCode = @"
                public class SomeClass {
                    public int Add42 (int parameter) {
                        return parameter += 42;
                    }
                }";
            var compParms = new CompilerParameters{
                GenerateExecutable = false, 
                GenerateInMemory = true
            };
            var csProvider = new CSharpCodeProvider();
            CompilerResults compilerResults = 
                csProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(compParms, sourceCode);
            object typeInstance = 
                compilerResults.CompiledAssembly.CreateInstance("SomeClass");
            MethodInfo mi = typeInstance.GetType().GetMethod("Add42");
            int methodOutput = 
                (int)mi.Invoke(typeInstance, new object[] { 1 }); 
            Console.WriteLine(methodOutput);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

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