How to create a class at runtime from a file

Question

Is it possible to create a class at runtime from a file without parsing it?

If this is not the best way to get class properties, constructors and methods from a file? Whereas a file can have more than one class, like a regular cs file.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible to create a class at runtime from a file.

Dynamic source code generation and compilation

Answer 2

You can use the Runtime (Reflection) compiler in MS.NET

Look here

Answer 3

ASP.NET, BuildManager.GetCompiledAssembly.

:

Assembly a = BuildManager.GetCompiledAssembly("~/TestClass.cs");
foreach (Type t in a.GetExportedTypes()) {
    object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(t)
    // Do something with obj...
}