hi,
I am trying to call a method from a .net class dynamically and I am passing
a string reference to the method. Below is a sample of what I am doing.
Somehow the value of the parameter passed is not being updated. The wierd
thing is that if I change the variable type to Integer, it works.
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using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections;

namespace ReflectionTest
{
public class M
{
    public void Method(ref string x)
    {
        x ="Changed value";
    }
    [STAThread]
    public static void Main()
    {
    Hashtable h = new Hashtable();
    h.Add("ABC", "Initial value"); //Set initial value
        Type t = typeof(M);
        M m = (M)Activator.CreateInstance(t);//Create instance of M
        Type [] p = new Type[1];
        p[0] = Type.GetType("System.String&");//typeof(ref string)
        MethodInfo mi = t.GetMethod("Method", p);//Get the method
        Object [] ps = {h["ABC"]}; //Create param array
        mi.Invoke(m,ps);
        Console.WriteLine(h["ABC"]); //**output is "Initial value"
                               //**But I expect it to be "Changed value"
    }

}
}
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But if I change the variable type to Int, the value in the hashtable gets
updated. See sample below.
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using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections;

namespace ReflectionTest
{
public class M
{
    public void Method(ref int x)
    {
        x =500;
    }
    [STAThread]
    public static void Main()
    {
    Hashtable h = new Hashtable();
    h.Add("ABC", 5); //Set initial value as 5
        Type t = typeof(M);
        M m = (M)Activator.CreateInstance(t);// Create instance of M
        Type [] p = new Type[1];
        p[0] = Type.GetType("System.Int32&");// typeof(ref int)
        MethodInfo mi = t.GetMethod("Method", p);// Get the method
        Object [] ps = {h["ABC"]}; // Create param array
        mi.Invoke(m,ps);
        Console.WriteLine(h["ABC"]); //*****output is 500
    }

}
}
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Is this a kind of bug?

Thank you for your time.

Regards,
Sri Vobilisetti