How to pass a parameter as a reference with MethodInfo.Invoke
You need to create the argument array first, and keep a reference to it. The out
parameter value will then be stored in the array. So you can use:
object[] arguments = new object[] { "test", null };
MethodInfo method = ...;
bool b = (bool) method.Invoke(null, arguments);
byte[] rawAsm = (byte[]) arguments[1];
Note how you don't need to provide the value for the second argument, because it's an out
parameter - the value will be set by the method. If it were a ref
parameter (instead of out
) then the initial value would be used - but the value in the array could still be replaced by the method.
Short but complete sample:
using System;
using System.Reflection;
class Test
{
static void Main()
{
object[] arguments = new object[1];
MethodInfo method = typeof(Test).GetMethod("SampleMethod");
method.Invoke(null, arguments);
Console.WriteLine(arguments[0]); // Prints Hello
}
public static void SampleMethod(out string text)
{
text = "Hello";
}
}
When a method invoked by reflection has a ref
parameter it will be copied back into the array that was used as an argument list. So to get the copied back reference you simply need to look at the array used as arguments.
object[] args = new [] { "test", rawAsm };
bool b = (bool)_lf.Invoke(null, args);
After this call args[1]
will have the new byte[]