Dummy-Lib 1.1.0

Dummy-Lib

Dummy Lib is a library built off of dnlib, this was made to make adding methods, fields, properties, and instructions easy I plan on working on Constructor and Type adding in the future

Opening an AssemblyWriter

To open an Assembly Writer it is pretty simple There are around 6 AssemblyWriter CTORs but I will just use the longest one so you can get an understanding

//                     Should the assemblywriter throw its internal errors?  Should the Writer backup the targetfile?
//AssemblyWriter(string targetFile, string output, bool throwInternalErrors, bool backUpFile)
AssemblyWriter writer = new AssemblyWriter("Target.dll", "dllToWriteTo.dll", true, true);

Creating a Method

//open a writer
AssemblyWriter writer = new AssemblyWriter("target.dll");

//find a TargetType in the target.dll
TargetType typeTarg = new TargetType("Namespace.TypeName");

We also need a class that inherits MethodCreator so let's do that first

public class MethodToInsert : MethodCreator
{
    //The interface requires you to add a Type[] property, this array should include the types of your methods arguments as follows
    public Type[] MethodArgs { get { return new Type[] { typeof(int), typeof(int) }; } }
    
    //This override is the name of your method, the method's name will remain as "Method" until overriden
    public override string Name { get => "Add"; set => base.Name = value; }
    
    //now the abstract class does not require you to have a method but the AssemblyWriter.CreateMethod does
    //your methods name should be named after the overriden name you provide and that is about it for requirements
    //I will now make a method that adds two numbers together 
    
    //(Note: any attribute you add to this method will be applied to the method created)
    public static int Add(int a, int b)
    {
        return a + b;
    }
}

Let's head back to our main code

//open a writer
AssemblyWriter writer = new AssemblyWriter("target.dll");

//find a TargetType in the target.dll
TargetType typeTarg = new TargetType("Namespace.TypeName");

//make a usermethod with a name and MethodCreator
UserMethod yourMethod = new UserMethod(new MethodToInsert(), "AddNums");

//let's add our method
CreatedMethod method = writer.CreateMethod(typeTarg, yourMethod);

//we can then save our method to the output by using the save method
writer.Save();

Creating A Field

Creating a field is pretty simple so let's do it

//open a writer 
AssemblyWriter writer = new AssemblyWriter("target.dll");

//find a TargetType in the target.dll
TargetType typeTarg = new TargetType("Namespace.TypeName");

//make a field
UserField<string> uField = new UserField<string>("MyFieldName", "Value", FieldAttributes.Public);

//A Field Is generated inside of the typeTarg
FieldDef newField = writer.CreateField<string>(typeTarg, ufield);

//save to the target
writer.Save();

Creating A Property

Creating a property is a little more difficult so let me show you how to do it

  //First make a class that inherits the Property<T>
  
  public class MyProp : Property<string>
  {
      public MyProp(string name) : base(name) {}
      
      //this will be based off of your T 
      public override string Val { get; set; }
      
      //this will be called everytime your property is got
      public override string GetMethod()
      {
          //code goes here
          return "Val";
      }
      
      //this will be called everytime your property is set
      public override void SetMethod()
      {
         //code goes here
      }
      
      /*
      what if we dont want to return a value?
      or we want our get and set methods to be empty?
      
      just do this!
      
      public override GetMethod()
      {
         throw NewNotImplementedException("EMPTY");
      }
      
      public override SetMethod()
      {
         throw NewNotImplementedException("EMPTY");
      }
      
      //generates public T NameHere { get; set; }
      */
  }

  //now let's write the property
  
  //open the writer
  AssemblyWriter writer = new AssemblyWriter("target.dll");
  
  //define the Target type
  TargetType typeTarg = new TargetType("Namespace.TypeName");
  
  //define our method attributes
  MethodAttributes methodAttrs = MethodAttributes.Public | MethodAttributes.Static;
  
  //create the property
  PropertyDef propDef = writer.CreateProperty<string>(typeTarg, new MyProp("PropName"), methodAttrs);
  
  //write to the target
  writer.Save();

Creating Instructions In A Method

I will now show you how to add instructions to a method

        //Open the writer
        AssemblyWriter writer = new AssemblyWriter("Target.dll");

        //Find the type
        TargetType typeTarg = new TargetType("Namespace.Type");

        //Find the method with the name and the types that the arguments are
        TargetMethod method = new TargetMethod("MethodName", new Type[] { });

        //create a Instruction Point to be used in the AddInstruction method
        InstructionPoint inPoint = InstructionCreater.CreateInstruction(OpCodes.Call, null, 10);

        //remove the instruction from the method at index 10
        writer.RemoveInstruction(typeTarg, method, 10);

        //add the instruction to the method
        writer.AddInstruction(typeTarg, method, inPoint);

        //save to the output
        writer.Save();
        
        //the writer contains another method for adding and removing instructions, 
        //this allows you to add multiple instructions or even remove multiple instructions at the same time