How can I Find out what BCL types a custom type is using its method?

Question

If I have a class, eg T1, and I want to know what classes in the BCL it is using, how could I do this?

I came up with this:

 T1.GetType().GetMethods().Where(x => x.DeclaringType.Namespace == "System");

But this will get all methods in my custom type, but I want to look inside each Method, so I was hoping I could do something like:

T1.GetType().GetMethods().BodyTypesUsed; to check if my method uses a type like Streamwriter.

How could I achieve this?

Answer 1

Well, you could call MethodBase.GetMethodBody - that would let you see the types of the local variables. I don't know whether it would show you any "incidentally used" types though...

(You can use the parameter types as well as the return types too, of course.)

Answer 2

我认为不解析IL代码是不可能的。

Answer 3

Take a look at Reflector.NET now from Redgate. It lets you navigate the contents of an assembly and disassemble the IL into C#, VB.NET and other .NET languages.

It also lets you pick a type and analyze it in a number of ways, including the kind of thing you're after.

And it's free.

Answer 4

I have come up with the below:

        MethodInfo mi = typeof(Class1).GetMethod("s1");

           MethodBody mBody = mi.GetMethodBody();

This lets me inspect the method body and obviously see what's being used (similar to Jon's suggestion).

Thanks guys.