Add Type.GetMethod overload that takes Name, BindingFlags, and Parameter Types #42753
Description
Background and Motivation
When trying to specify which method you want to find in Reflection, often you want to supply a name, BindingFlags, and parameter Types. However, there is no overload today that takes those 3 inputs, and only those 3 inputs. Similarly, when trying to find a constructor, GetConstructor has no overload that just takes BindingFlags and parameter Types.
Proposed API
namespace System
{
public class Type
{
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, int genericParameterCount, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder? binder, System.Reflection.CallingConventions callConvention, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[]? modifiers) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, int genericParameterCount, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder? binder, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[]? modifiers) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, int genericParameterCount, System.Type[] types) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, int genericParameterCount, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[]? modifiers) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder? binder, System.Reflection.CallingConventions callConvention, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[]? modifiers) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder? binder, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[]? modifiers) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, System.Type[] types) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[]? modifiers) { throw null; }
+ public System.Reflection.MethodInfo? GetMethod(string name, System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Type[] types) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo? GetConstructor(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder? binder, System.Reflection.CallingConventions callConvention, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[]? modifiers) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo? GetConstructor(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder? binder, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[]? modifiers) { throw null; }
public System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo? GetConstructor(System.Type[] types) { throw null; }
+ public System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo? GetConstructor(System.Reflection.BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Type[] types) { throw null; }
}Usage Examples
We already have extensions for these today in DataContractSerialization, with it's own implementations:
Alternative Designs
We could just tell people to call Type.GetMethod(string, BindingFlags, null, Type[], null) themselves. But that seems too verbose.
Risks
None