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What is the difference between Reflection, Reflection.Emit, Expression Trees, and Source Generators?

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Quick Answer Reflection: slow runtime inspection, good for general-purpose tools. Reflection.Emit: generates IL at runtime, used in ORMs and proxies. Expression Trees: build code as data structures, compile to delegates, used in LINQ providers. Source Generators: generate code at compile time รขโ‚ฌโ€ zero runtime cost, the modern preferred approach.

Answer

  • Reflection: slow metadata inspection.
  • Reflection.Emit: runtime IL generation.
  • Expression Trees: build code graphs; compile to delegates.
  • Source Generators: compile-time code generation.
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