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17 using System.Linq.Expressions;
19 using Microsoft.Scripting.Ast;
22 namespace System.Dynamic {
24 /// Represents a dynamic object, that can have its operations bound at runtime.
27 /// Objects that want to participate in the binding process should implement an IDynamicMetaObjectProvider interface,
28 /// and implement <see cref="IDynamicMetaObjectProvider.GetMetaObject" /> to return a <see cref="DynamicMetaObject" />.
30 public interface IDynamicMetaObjectProvider {
32 /// Returns the <see cref="DynamicMetaObject" /> responsible for binding operations performed on this object.
34 /// <param name="parameter">The expression tree representation of the runtime value.</param>
35 /// <returns>The <see cref="DynamicMetaObject" /> to bind this object.</returns>
36 DynamicMetaObject GetMetaObject(Expression parameter);