Net Dynamics Question:
Explain and distinguish between reflection and dynamic?
Answer:
Both reflection and dynamic are used when we want to operate on an object during runtime.
Reflection is used to inspect meta-data of an object. It also has the ability to invoke members of an object on runtime.
Dynamic is a keyword which was introduced in .NET 4.0. It evaluates object calls during runtime. So until the method calls are made compiler is least bothered if those methods / properties etc exist or not.
Dynamic uses reflection internally. It caches the method calls made thus improving performance to a certain extent.
Reflection can invoke both public and private members of an object while dynamic can only invoke public members.
Reflection is used to inspect meta-data of an object. It also has the ability to invoke members of an object on runtime.
Dynamic is a keyword which was introduced in .NET 4.0. It evaluates object calls during runtime. So until the method calls are made compiler is least bothered if those methods / properties etc exist or not.
Dynamic uses reflection internally. It caches the method calls made thus improving performance to a certain extent.
Reflection can invoke both public and private members of an object while dynamic can only invoke public members.
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