I'm trying to include an extension methods static class in a dynamically generated assembly, except that i keep getting a compiler error of 'Type expected' at line 6, column 28, which happens to be on the word 'this'. If i remove 'this' no error is returned (but then it is not an extension method).
public static void CodeDomDooDad()
{
using (var provider = new CSharpCodeProvider())
{
var compilerParameters = new CompilerParameters();
compilerParameters.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("system.dll");
compilerParameters.CompilerOptions = "/t:library";
compilerParameters.GenerateInMemory = true;
var sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("namespace MooCow \n{ \n");
sb.Append("public static class Extensions {\n");
sb.Append("public static string ToMoo(this string s) {\n");
sb.Append("return s.Replace(\" \",\"moo\");\n");
sb.Append("}\n");
sb.Append("}\n");
sb.Append("}\n");
//Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());
var cr = provider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(compilerParameters, sb.ToString());
if (cr.Errors.Count > 0)
{
CompilerError error = cr.Errors[0];
Console.WriteLine(
"error:"+error.ErrorText +
" line:" +error.Line +
" col:" +error.Column +
" isWarning:" + error.IsWarning);
}
}
}
This is the generated code, which works fine.
namespace MooCow {
public static class Extensions
{
public static string ToMoo(this string s)
{
return s.Replace(" ", "moo");
}
}
}