How to get a list of methods, properties, fields, events, classes, structures, interfaces in C#?

Question

Programming

Hi everybody!
I myself have found two ways so far: 1 - reflection, 2 - a self-written parser, reflection is a more correct option, as it seems to me, but limited by the fact that it provides only "declarations" of methods, classes, etc., to access the contents of the bodies of elements there is no possibility. The self-written parser is not limited in anything, but it would still be interesting to know what other ways there are to get functional elements?

Answer 1

Your two methods are completely different solutions. Using reflection, you can get information about entities (methods, properties, classes, fields, ...) in already compiled assemblies. Reflection does not work and cannot work with the source code in any way. With a "self-written parser" (in general, I would advise you to take Roslyn compilers) you can process the source code and get everything you need from it, but then you need the actual source code.
What problem are you solving?

Answer 2

Roslyn - everything is already done.
https://youtu.be/jWyYs_LJDPU?t=1872

Answer 3

There is also Mono.Cecil - an alternative implementation of reflection that allows you to "pick" any assembly, or create your own. In particular, you can get the IL-code of methods. Of course, you won't get the source code in C#, but you can still analyze it. Based on Mono.Cecil, for example, the IlSpy decompiler is made.