I had a bit of trouble getting to this, so for self reference more than anything, I thought I d post about it.
Given the following class
public class MyClass
{
private string _name;
public string Name { get { return this._name;}}
protected MyClass(string name)
{
_name = name;
}
} I thought that the following would be the way to create an instance of it:
Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(MyClass), BindingFlags.NonPublic, null, new object[] { "MyName" }, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
However it throws a MissingMethodException: Constructor on type 'ReflectionCreateInstance.MyClass' not found. However if we add the Binding Flag for instance then it works.
[Fact]
public void When_creating_with_activator_Must_use_apropriate_binding_flags()
{
string myname = "MyName";
var myClass = (MyClass)Activator.CreateInstance(
typeof(MyClass),
BindingFlags.Instance| BindingFlags.NonPublic,
null,
new object[] { myname },
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
Assert.Equal(myname, myClass.Name);
}
If you try this with <b>type.GetConstructor</b> or <b>type.GetConstructors </b>the result is the same.
Checking the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reflection.bindingflags.aspx" target="_blank">documentation for BindingFlag</a>.Instance I find </span>
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So it was a case of RTFM I guess :D