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1 //
2 // delegate.cs: Delegate Handler
3 //
4 // Authors:
5 //     Ravi Pratap (ravi@ximian.com)
6 //     Miguel de Icaza (miguel@ximian.com)
7 //
8 // Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL
9 //
10 // (C) 2001 Ximian, Inc (http://www.ximian.com)
11 //
12 //
13
14 using System;
15 using System.Collections;
16 using System.Reflection;
17 using System.Reflection.Emit;
18 using System.Text;
19
20 namespace Mono.CSharp {
21
22         /// <summary>
23         ///   Holds Delegates
24         /// </summary>
25         public class Delegate : DeclSpace {
26                 public Expression ReturnType;
27                 public Parameters      Parameters;
28
29                 public ConstructorBuilder ConstructorBuilder;
30                 public MethodBuilder      InvokeBuilder;
31                 public MethodBuilder      BeginInvokeBuilder;
32                 public MethodBuilder      EndInvokeBuilder;
33                 
34                 Type [] param_types;
35                 Type ret_type;
36
37                 static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "type", "return" };
38                 
39                 Expression instance_expr;
40                 MethodBase delegate_method;
41                 ReturnParameter return_attributes;
42         
43                 const int AllowedModifiers =
44                         Modifiers.NEW |
45                         Modifiers.PUBLIC |
46                         Modifiers.PROTECTED |
47                         Modifiers.INTERNAL |
48                         Modifiers.UNSAFE |
49                         Modifiers.PRIVATE;
50
51                 public Delegate (NamespaceEntry ns, TypeContainer parent, Expression type,
52                                  int mod_flags, MemberName name, Parameters param_list,
53                                  Attributes attrs, Location l)
54                         : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, l)
55
56                 {
57                         this.ReturnType = type;
58                         ModFlags        = Modifiers.Check (AllowedModifiers, mod_flags,
59                                                            IsTopLevel ? Modifiers.INTERNAL :
60                                                            Modifiers.PRIVATE, l);
61                         Parameters      = param_list;
62                 }
63
64                 public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder(Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
65                 {
66                         if (a.Target == AttributeTargets.ReturnValue) {
67                                 if (return_attributes == null)
68                                         return_attributes = new ReturnParameter (InvokeBuilder, Location);
69
70                                 return_attributes.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
71                                 return;
72                         }
73
74                         base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
75                 }
76
77                 public override TypeBuilder DefineType ()
78                 {
79                         if (TypeBuilder != null)
80                                 return TypeBuilder;
81
82                         ec = new EmitContext (this, this, Location, null, null, ModFlags, false);
83
84                         if (IsGeneric) {
85                                 foreach (TypeParameter type_param in TypeParameters)
86                                         if (!type_param.Resolve (this))
87                                                 return null;
88                         }
89                         
90                         if (TypeManager.multicast_delegate_type == null && !RootContext.StdLib) {
91                                 Namespace system = Namespace.LookupNamespace ("System", true);
92                                 TypeExpr expr = system.Lookup (this, "MulticastDelegate", Location) as TypeExpr;
93                                 TypeManager.multicast_delegate_type = expr.ResolveType (ec);
94                         }
95
96                         if (TypeManager.multicast_delegate_type == null)
97                                 Report.Error (-100, Location, "Internal error: delegate used before " +
98                                               "System.MulticastDelegate is resolved.  This can only " +
99                                               "happen during corlib compilation, when using a delegate " +
100                                               "in any of the `core' classes.  See bug #72015 for details.");
101
102                         if (IsTopLevel) {
103                                 if (TypeManager.NamespaceClash (Name, Location))
104                                         return null;
105                                 
106                                 ModuleBuilder builder = CodeGen.Module.Builder;
107
108                                 TypeBuilder = builder.DefineType (
109                                         Name, TypeAttr, TypeManager.multicast_delegate_type);
110                         } else {
111                                 TypeBuilder builder = Parent.TypeBuilder;
112
113                                 string name = Name.Substring (1 + Name.LastIndexOf ('.'));
114                                 TypeBuilder = builder.DefineNestedType (
115                                         name, TypeAttr, TypeManager.multicast_delegate_type);
116                         }
117
118                         TypeManager.AddDelegateType (Name, TypeBuilder, this);
119
120                         if (IsGeneric) {
121                                 string[] param_names = new string [TypeParameters.Length];
122                                 for (int i = 0; i < TypeParameters.Length; i++)
123                                         param_names [i] = TypeParameters [i].Name;
124
125                                 GenericTypeParameterBuilder[] gen_params;
126                                 gen_params = TypeBuilder.DefineGenericParameters (param_names);
127
128                                 int offset = CountTypeParameters - CurrentTypeParameters.Length;
129                                 for (int i = offset; i < gen_params.Length; i++)
130                                         CurrentTypeParameters [i - offset].Define (gen_params [i]);
131
132                                 foreach (TypeParameter type_param in CurrentTypeParameters) {
133                                         if (!type_param.Resolve (this))
134                                                 return null;
135                                 }
136
137                                 for (int i = offset; i < gen_params.Length; i++)
138                                         CurrentTypeParameters [i - offset].DefineConstraints ();
139
140                                 Expression current = new SimpleName (Name, TypeParameters, Location);
141                                 current = current.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec);
142                                 if (current == null)
143                                         return null;
144
145                                 CurrentType = current.Type;
146                         }
147
148                         return TypeBuilder;
149                 }
150
151                 public override bool DefineMembers (TypeContainer container)
152                 {
153                         return true;
154                 }
155
156                 public override bool Define ()
157                 {
158                         MethodAttributes mattr;
159                         int i;
160
161                         if (IsGeneric) {
162                                 foreach (TypeParameter type_param in TypeParameters)
163                                         type_param.DefineType (ec);
164                         }
165
166                         if (ec == null)
167                                 throw new InternalErrorException ("Define called before DefineType?");
168
169                         // FIXME: POSSIBLY make this static, as it is always constant
170                         //
171                         Type [] const_arg_types = new Type [2];
172                         const_arg_types [0] = TypeManager.object_type;
173                         const_arg_types [1] = TypeManager.intptr_type;
174
175                         mattr = MethodAttributes.RTSpecialName | MethodAttributes.SpecialName |
176                                 MethodAttributes.HideBySig | MethodAttributes.Public;
177
178                         ConstructorBuilder = TypeBuilder.DefineConstructor (mattr,
179                                                                             CallingConventions.Standard,
180                                                                             const_arg_types);
181
182                         ConstructorBuilder.DefineParameter (1, ParameterAttributes.None, "object");
183                         ConstructorBuilder.DefineParameter (2, ParameterAttributes.None, "method");
184                         //
185                         // HACK because System.Reflection.Emit is lame
186                         //
187                         //
188                         // FIXME: POSSIBLY make these static, as they are always the same
189                         Parameter [] fixed_pars = new Parameter [2];
190                         fixed_pars [0] = new Parameter (TypeManager.system_object_expr, "object",
191                                                         Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null);
192                         fixed_pars [1] = new Parameter (TypeManager.system_intptr_expr, "method", 
193                                                         Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null);
194                         Parameters const_parameters = new Parameters (fixed_pars, null, Location);
195                         
196                         TypeManager.RegisterMethod (
197                                 ConstructorBuilder,
198                                 new InternalParameters (const_arg_types, const_parameters),
199                                 const_arg_types);
200                                 
201                         
202                         ConstructorBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.Runtime);
203
204                         //
205                         // Here the various methods like Invoke, BeginInvoke etc are defined
206                         //
207                         // First, call the `out of band' special method for
208                         // defining recursively any types we need:
209                         
210                         param_types = Parameters.GetParameterInfo (ec);
211                         if (param_types == null)
212                                 return false;
213
214                         //
215                         // Invoke method
216                         //
217
218                         // Check accessibility
219                         foreach (Type partype in param_types){
220                                 if (!Parent.AsAccessible (partype, ModFlags)) {
221                                         Report.Error (59, Location,
222                                                       "Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type `" +
223                                                       TypeManager.CSharpName (partype) + "` is less " +
224                                                       "accessible than delegate `" + Name + "'");
225                                         return false;
226                                 }
227                                 if (partype.IsPointer && !UnsafeOK (Parent))
228                                         return false;
229                         }
230                         
231                         ReturnType = ReturnType.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec);
232                         if (ReturnType == null)
233                             return false;
234                         
235                         ret_type = ReturnType.Type;
236                         if (ret_type == null)
237                                 return false;
238
239                         if (!Parent.AsAccessible (ret_type, ModFlags)) {
240                                 Report.Error (58, Location,
241                                               "Inconsistent accessibility: return type `" +
242                                               TypeManager.CSharpName (ret_type) + "` is less " +
243                                               "accessible than delegate `" + Name + "'");
244                                 return false;
245                         }
246
247                         if (ret_type.IsPointer && !UnsafeOK (Parent))
248                                 return false;
249
250                         if (RootContext.StdLib && (ret_type == TypeManager.arg_iterator_type || ret_type == TypeManager.typed_reference_type)) {
251                                 Method.Error1599 (Location, ret_type);
252                                 return false;
253                         }
254
255                         //
256                         // We don't have to check any others because they are all
257                         // guaranteed to be accessible - they are standard types.
258                         //
259                         
260                         CallingConventions cc = Parameters.GetCallingConvention ();
261
262                         mattr = MethodAttributes.Public | MethodAttributes.HideBySig | MethodAttributes.Virtual;
263
264                         InvokeBuilder = TypeBuilder.DefineMethod ("Invoke", 
265                                                                   mattr,                     
266                                                                   cc,
267                                                                   ret_type,                  
268                                                                   param_types);
269
270                         //
271                         // Define parameters, and count out/ref parameters
272                         //
273                         int out_params = 0;
274                         i = 0;
275                         if (Parameters.FixedParameters != null){
276                                 int top = Parameters.FixedParameters.Length;
277                                 Parameter p;
278                                 
279                                 for (; i < top; i++) {
280                                         p = Parameters.FixedParameters [i];
281                                         p.DefineParameter (ec, InvokeBuilder, null, i + 1, Location);
282
283                                         if ((p.ModFlags & Parameter.Modifier.ISBYREF) != 0)
284                                                 out_params++;
285                                 }
286                         }
287                         if (Parameters.ArrayParameter != null){
288                                 if (TypeManager.param_array_type == null && !RootContext.StdLib) {
289                                         Namespace system = Namespace.LookupNamespace ("System", true);
290                                         TypeExpr expr = system.Lookup (this, "ParamArrayAttribute", Location) as TypeExpr;
291                                         TypeManager.param_array_type = expr.ResolveType (ec);
292                                 }
293
294                                 if (TypeManager.cons_param_array_attribute == null) {
295                                         Type [] void_arg = { };
296                                         TypeManager.cons_param_array_attribute = TypeManager.GetConstructor (
297                                                 TypeManager.param_array_type, void_arg);
298                                 }
299
300                                 ParameterBuilder pb = InvokeBuilder.DefineParameter (
301                                         i + 1, Parameters.ArrayParameter.Attributes,Parameters.ArrayParameter.Name);
302                                 
303                                 pb.SetCustomAttribute (
304                                         new CustomAttributeBuilder (TypeManager.cons_param_array_attribute, new object [0]));
305                         }
306                         
307                         InvokeBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.Runtime);
308
309                         TypeManager.RegisterMethod (InvokeBuilder,
310                                                     new InternalParameters (param_types, Parameters),
311                                                     param_types);
312
313                         //
314                         // BeginInvoke
315                         //
316                         int params_num = param_types.Length;
317                         Type [] async_param_types = new Type [params_num + 2];
318
319                         param_types.CopyTo (async_param_types, 0);
320
321                         async_param_types [params_num] = TypeManager.asynccallback_type;
322                         async_param_types [params_num + 1] = TypeManager.object_type;
323
324                         mattr = MethodAttributes.Public | MethodAttributes.HideBySig |
325                                 MethodAttributes.Virtual | MethodAttributes.NewSlot;
326                         
327                         BeginInvokeBuilder = TypeBuilder.DefineMethod ("BeginInvoke",
328                                                                        mattr,
329                                                                        cc,
330                                                                        TypeManager.iasyncresult_type,
331                                                                        async_param_types);
332
333                         i = 0;
334                         if (Parameters.FixedParameters != null){
335                                 int top = Parameters.FixedParameters.Length;
336                                 Parameter p;
337                                 
338                                 for (i = 0 ; i < top; i++) {
339                                         p = Parameters.FixedParameters [i];
340
341                                         p.DefineParameter (ec, BeginInvokeBuilder, null, i + 1, Location);
342                                 }
343                         }
344                         if (Parameters.ArrayParameter != null){
345                                 Parameter p = Parameters.ArrayParameter;
346                                 p.DefineParameter (ec, BeginInvokeBuilder, null, i + 1, Location);
347
348                                 i++;
349                         }
350
351                         BeginInvokeBuilder.DefineParameter (i + 1, ParameterAttributes.None, "callback");
352                         BeginInvokeBuilder.DefineParameter (i + 2, ParameterAttributes.None, "object");
353                         
354                         BeginInvokeBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.Runtime);
355
356                         Parameter [] async_params = new Parameter [params_num + 2];
357                         int n = 0;
358                         if (Parameters.FixedParameters != null){
359                                 Parameters.FixedParameters.CopyTo (async_params, 0);
360                                 n = Parameters.FixedParameters.Length;
361                         }
362                         if (Parameters.ArrayParameter != null)
363                                 async_params [n] = Parameters.ArrayParameter;
364                         
365                         async_params [params_num] = new Parameter (
366                                 TypeManager.system_asynccallback_expr, "callback",
367                                                                    Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null);
368                         async_params [params_num + 1] = new Parameter (
369                                 TypeManager.system_object_expr, "object",
370                                                                    Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null);
371
372                         Parameters async_parameters = new Parameters (async_params, null, Location);
373                         
374                         TypeManager.RegisterMethod (BeginInvokeBuilder,
375                                                     new InternalParameters (async_parameters.GetParameterInfo (ec), async_parameters),
376                                                     async_param_types);
377
378                         //
379                         // EndInvoke is a bit more interesting, all the parameters labeled as
380                         // out or ref have to be duplicated here.
381                         //
382                         
383                         Type [] end_param_types = new Type [out_params + 1];
384                         Parameter [] end_params = new Parameter [out_params + 1];
385                         int param = 0; 
386                         if (out_params > 0){
387                                 int top = Parameters.FixedParameters.Length;
388                                 for (i = 0; i < top; i++){
389                                         Parameter p = Parameters.FixedParameters [i];
390                                         if ((p.ModFlags & Parameter.Modifier.ISBYREF) == 0)
391                                                 continue;
392
393                                         end_param_types [param] = param_types [i];
394                                         end_params [param] = p;
395                                         param++;
396                                 }
397                         }
398                         end_param_types [out_params] = TypeManager.iasyncresult_type;
399                         end_params [out_params] = new Parameter (TypeManager.system_iasyncresult_expr, "result", Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null);
400
401                         //
402                         // Create method, define parameters, register parameters with type system
403                         //
404                         EndInvokeBuilder = TypeBuilder.DefineMethod ("EndInvoke", mattr, cc, ret_type, end_param_types);
405                         EndInvokeBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.Runtime);
406
407                         //
408                         // EndInvoke: Label the parameters
409                         //
410                         EndInvokeBuilder.DefineParameter (out_params + 1, ParameterAttributes.None, "result");
411                         for (i = 0; i < end_params.Length-1; i++){
412                                 EndInvokeBuilder.DefineParameter (i + 1, end_params [i].Attributes, end_params [i].Name);
413                         }
414
415                         Parameters end_parameters = new Parameters (end_params, null, Location);
416
417                         TypeManager.RegisterMethod (
418                                 EndInvokeBuilder,
419                                 new InternalParameters (end_parameters.GetParameterInfo (ec), end_parameters),
420                                 end_param_types);
421
422                         return true;
423                 }
424
425                 public override void Emit ()
426                 {
427                         if (OptAttributes != null) {
428                                 Parameters.LabelParameters (ec, InvokeBuilder, Location);
429                                 OptAttributes.Emit (ec, this);
430                         }
431
432                         base.Emit ();
433                 }
434
435                 protected override TypeAttributes TypeAttr {
436                         get {
437                                 return Modifiers.TypeAttr (ModFlags, IsTopLevel) |
438                                         TypeAttributes.Class | TypeAttributes.Sealed |
439                                         base.TypeAttr;
440                         }
441                 }
442
443                 public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
444                         get {
445                                 return attribute_targets;
446                         }
447                 }
448
449                 //TODO: duplicate
450                 protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance (DeclSpace ds)
451                 {
452                         if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance (ds)) {
453                                 return false;
454                         }
455
456                         AttributeTester.AreParametersCompliant (Parameters.FixedParameters, Location);
457
458                         if (!AttributeTester.IsClsCompliant (ReturnType.Type)) {
459                                 Report.Error (3002, Location, "Return type of '{0}' is not CLS-compliant", GetSignatureForError ());
460                         }
461                         return true;
462                 }
463
464                 //
465                 // Returns the MethodBase for "Invoke" from a delegate type, this is used
466                 // to extract the signature of a delegate.
467                 //
468                 public static MethodGroupExpr GetInvokeMethod (EmitContext ec, Type delegate_type,
469                                                        Location loc)
470                 {
471                         Expression ml = Expression.MemberLookup (
472                                 ec, delegate_type, "Invoke", loc);
473
474                         MethodGroupExpr mg = ml as MethodGroupExpr;
475                         if (mg == null) {
476                                 Report.Error (-100, loc, "Internal error: could not find Invoke method!");
477                                 return null;
478                         }
479
480                         return mg;
481                 }
482                 
483                 /// <summary>
484                 ///  Verifies whether the method in question is compatible with the delegate
485                 ///  Returns the method itself if okay and null if not.
486                 /// </summary>
487                 public static MethodBase VerifyMethod (EmitContext ec, Type delegate_type, MethodBase mb,
488                                                        Location loc)
489                 {
490                         MethodGroupExpr mg = GetInvokeMethod (ec, delegate_type, loc);
491                         if (mg == null)
492                                 return null;
493
494                         MethodBase invoke_mb = mg.Methods [0];
495                         ParameterData invoke_pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (invoke_mb);
496
497                         if (!mg.HasTypeArguments &&
498                             !TypeManager.InferTypeArguments (ec, invoke_pd, ref mb))
499                                 return null;
500
501                         ParameterData pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (mb);
502
503                         if (invoke_pd.Count != pd.Count)
504                                 return null;
505
506                         for (int i = pd.Count; i > 0; ) {
507                                 i--;
508
509                                 Type invoke_pd_type = invoke_pd.ParameterType (i);
510                                 Type pd_type = pd.ParameterType (i);
511                                 Parameter.Modifier invoke_pd_type_mod = invoke_pd.ParameterModifier (i);
512                                 Parameter.Modifier pd_type_mod = pd.ParameterModifier (i);
513
514                                 if (invoke_pd_type == pd_type &&
515                                     invoke_pd_type_mod == pd_type_mod)
516                                         continue;
517                                 
518                                 if (invoke_pd_type.IsSubclassOf (pd_type) && 
519                                                 invoke_pd_type_mod == pd_type_mod)
520                                         if (RootContext.Version == LanguageVersion.ISO_1) {
521                                                 Report.FeatureIsNotStandardized (loc, "contravariance");
522                                                 return null;
523                                         } else
524                                                 continue;
525                                         
526                                 return null;
527                         }
528
529                         Type invoke_mb_retval = ((MethodInfo) invoke_mb).ReturnType;
530                         Type mb_retval = ((MethodInfo) mb).ReturnType;
531                         if (invoke_mb_retval == mb_retval)
532                                 return mb;
533                         
534                         if (mb_retval.IsSubclassOf (invoke_mb_retval))
535                                 if (RootContext.Version == LanguageVersion.ISO_1) {
536                                         Report.FeatureIsNotStandardized (loc, "covariance");
537                                         return null;
538                                 }
539                                 else
540                                         return mb;
541                         
542                         return null;
543                 }
544
545                 // <summary>
546                 //  Verifies whether the invocation arguments are compatible with the
547                 //  delegate's target method
548                 // </summary>
549                 public static bool VerifyApplicability (EmitContext ec, Type delegate_type,
550                                                         ArrayList args, Location loc)
551                 {
552                         int arg_count;
553
554                         if (args == null)
555                                 arg_count = 0;
556                         else
557                                 arg_count = args.Count;
558
559                         Expression ml = Expression.MemberLookup (
560                                 ec, delegate_type, "Invoke", loc);
561
562                         MethodGroupExpr me = ml as MethodGroupExpr;
563                         if (me == null) {
564                                 Report.Error (-100, loc, "Internal error: could not find Invoke method!" + delegate_type);
565                                 return false;
566                         }
567                         
568                         MethodBase mb = me.Methods [0];
569                         ParameterData pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (mb);
570
571                         int pd_count = pd.Count;
572
573                         bool params_method = (pd_count != 0) &&
574                                 (pd.ParameterModifier (pd_count - 1) == Parameter.Modifier.PARAMS);
575
576                         bool is_params_applicable = false;
577                         bool is_applicable = Invocation.IsApplicable (ec, me, args, arg_count, ref mb);
578
579                         if (!is_applicable && params_method &&
580                             Invocation.IsParamsMethodApplicable (ec, me, args, arg_count, ref mb))
581                                 is_applicable = is_params_applicable = true;
582
583                         if (!is_applicable && !params_method && arg_count != pd_count) {
584                                 Report.Error (1593, loc,
585                                               "Delegate '{0}' does not take {1} arguments",
586                                               delegate_type.ToString (), arg_count);
587                                 return false;
588                         }
589
590                         return Invocation.VerifyArgumentsCompat (
591                                         ec, args, arg_count, mb, 
592                                         is_params_applicable || (!is_applicable && params_method),
593                                         delegate_type, false, loc);
594                 }
595                 
596                 /// <summary>
597                 ///  Verifies whether the delegate in question is compatible with this one in
598                 ///  order to determine if instantiation from the same is possible.
599                 /// </summary>
600                 public static bool VerifyDelegate (EmitContext ec, Type delegate_type, Type probe_type, Location loc)
601                 {
602                         Expression ml = Expression.MemberLookup (
603                                 ec, delegate_type, "Invoke", loc);
604                         
605                         if (!(ml is MethodGroupExpr)) {
606                                 Report.Error (-100, loc, "Internal error: could not find Invoke method!");
607                                 return false;
608                         }
609                         
610                         MethodBase mb = ((MethodGroupExpr) ml).Methods [0];
611                         ParameterData pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (mb);
612
613                         Expression probe_ml = Expression.MemberLookup (
614                                 ec, delegate_type, "Invoke", loc);
615                         
616                         if (!(probe_ml is MethodGroupExpr)) {
617                                 Report.Error (-100, loc, "Internal error: could not find Invoke method!");
618                                 return false;
619                         }
620                         
621                         MethodBase probe_mb = ((MethodGroupExpr) probe_ml).Methods [0];
622                         ParameterData probe_pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (probe_mb);
623                         
624                         if (((MethodInfo) mb).ReturnType != ((MethodInfo) probe_mb).ReturnType)
625                                 return false;
626
627                         if (pd.Count != probe_pd.Count)
628                                 return false;
629
630                         for (int i = pd.Count; i > 0; ) {
631                                 i--;
632
633                                 if (pd.ParameterType (i) != probe_pd.ParameterType (i) ||
634                                     pd.ParameterModifier (i) != probe_pd.ParameterModifier (i))
635                                         return false;
636                         }
637                         
638                         return true;
639                 }
640                 
641                 public static string FullDelegateDesc (Type del_type, MethodBase mb, ParameterData pd)
642                 {
643                         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder (TypeManager.CSharpName (((MethodInfo) mb).ReturnType));
644                         
645                         sb.Append (" " + del_type.ToString ());
646                         sb.Append (" (");
647
648                         int length = pd.Count;
649                         
650                         for (int i = length; i > 0; ) {
651                                 i--;
652
653                                 sb.Append (pd.ParameterDesc (length - i - 1));
654                                 if (i != 0)
655                                         sb.Append (", ");
656                         }
657                         
658                         sb.Append (")");
659                         return sb.ToString ();
660                         
661                 }
662                 
663                 // Hack around System.Reflection as found everywhere else
664                 public override MemberList FindMembers (MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf,
665                                                         MemberFilter filter, object criteria)
666                 {
667                         ArrayList members = new ArrayList ();
668
669                         if ((mt & MemberTypes.Method) != 0) {
670                                 if (ConstructorBuilder != null)
671                                 if (filter (ConstructorBuilder, criteria))
672                                         members.Add (ConstructorBuilder);
673
674                                 if (InvokeBuilder != null)
675                                 if (filter (InvokeBuilder, criteria))
676                                         members.Add (InvokeBuilder);
677
678                                 if (BeginInvokeBuilder != null)
679                                 if (filter (BeginInvokeBuilder, criteria))
680                                         members.Add (BeginInvokeBuilder);
681
682                                 if (EndInvokeBuilder != null)
683                                 if (filter (EndInvokeBuilder, criteria))
684                                         members.Add (EndInvokeBuilder);
685                         }
686
687                         return new MemberList (members);
688                 }
689
690                 public override MemberCache MemberCache {
691                         get {
692                                 return null;
693                         }
694                 }
695
696                 public Expression InstanceExpression {
697                         get {
698                                 return instance_expr;
699                         }
700                         set {
701                                 instance_expr = value;
702                         }
703                 }
704
705                 public MethodBase TargetMethod {
706                         get {
707                                 return delegate_method;
708                         }
709                         set {
710                                 delegate_method = value;
711                         }
712                 }
713
714                 public Type TargetReturnType {
715                         get {
716                                 return ret_type;
717                         }
718                 }
719
720                 public Type [] ParameterTypes {
721                         get {
722                                 return param_types;
723                         }
724                 }
725
726                 public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
727                         get {
728                                 return AttributeTargets.Delegate;
729                         }
730                 }
731
732                 //
733                 //   Represents header string for documentation comment.
734                 //
735                 public override string DocCommentHeader {
736                         get { return "T:"; }
737                 }
738
739                 protected override void VerifyObsoleteAttribute()
740                 {
741                         CheckUsageOfObsoleteAttribute (ret_type);
742
743                         foreach (Type type in param_types) {
744                                 CheckUsageOfObsoleteAttribute (type);
745                         }
746                 }
747         }
748
749         //
750         // Base class for `NewDelegate' and `ImplicitDelegateCreation'
751         //
752         public abstract class DelegateCreation : Expression {
753                 protected MethodBase constructor_method;
754                 protected MethodBase delegate_method;
755                 protected MethodGroupExpr method_group;
756                 protected Expression delegate_instance_expression;
757
758                 public DelegateCreation () {}
759
760                 public static void Error_NoMatchingMethodForDelegate (EmitContext ec, MethodGroupExpr mg, Type type, Location loc)
761                 {
762                         string method_desc;
763                         MethodBase found_method = mg.Methods [0];
764
765                         if (mg.Methods.Length > 1)
766                                 method_desc = found_method.Name;
767                         else
768                                 method_desc = Invocation.FullMethodDesc (found_method);
769
770                         Expression invoke_method = Expression.MemberLookup (
771                                 ec, type, "Invoke", MemberTypes.Method,
772                                 Expression.AllBindingFlags, loc);
773                         MethodInfo method = ((MethodGroupExpr) invoke_method).Methods [0] as MethodInfo;
774
775                         ParameterData param = TypeManager.GetParameterData (method);
776                         string delegate_desc = Delegate.FullDelegateDesc (type, method, param);
777
778                         if (!mg.HasTypeArguments &&
779                             !TypeManager.InferTypeArguments (ec, param, ref found_method))
780                                 Report.Error (411, loc, "The type arguments for " +
781                                               "method `{0}' cannot be infered from " +
782                                               "the usage. Try specifying the type " +
783                                               "arguments explicitly.", method_desc);
784                         else if (method.ReturnType != ((MethodInfo) found_method).ReturnType) {
785                                 Report.Error (407, loc, "'{0}' has the wrong return type to match delegate '{1}'", method_desc, delegate_desc);
786                         } else {
787                                 Report.Error (123, loc, "Method '" + method_desc + "' does not " +
788                                         "match delegate '" + delegate_desc + "'");
789                         }
790                 }
791                 
792                 public override void Emit (EmitContext ec)
793                 {
794                         if (delegate_instance_expression == null || delegate_method.IsStatic)
795                                 ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldnull);
796                         else
797                                 delegate_instance_expression.Emit (ec);
798                         
799                         if (delegate_method.IsVirtual && !method_group.IsBase) {
800                                 ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Dup);
801                                 ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldvirtftn, (MethodInfo) delegate_method);
802                         } else
803                                 ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldftn, (MethodInfo) delegate_method);
804                         ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Newobj, (ConstructorInfo) constructor_method);
805                 }
806
807                 protected bool ResolveConstructorMethod (EmitContext ec)
808                 {
809                         Expression ml = Expression.MemberLookup (
810                                 ec, type, ".ctor", loc);
811
812                         if (!(ml is MethodGroupExpr)) {
813                                 Report.Error (-100, loc, "Internal error: Could not find delegate constructor!");
814                                 return false;
815                         }
816
817                         constructor_method = ((MethodGroupExpr) ml).Methods [0];
818                         return true;
819                 }
820
821                 protected Expression ResolveMethodGroupExpr (EmitContext ec, MethodGroupExpr mg)
822                 {
823                         foreach (MethodInfo mi in mg.Methods){
824                                 delegate_method  = Delegate.VerifyMethod (ec, type, mi, loc);
825                                 
826                                 if (delegate_method != null)
827                                         break;
828                         }
829                         
830                         if (delegate_method == null) {
831                                 Error_NoMatchingMethodForDelegate (ec, mg, type, loc);
832                                 return null;
833                         }
834                         
835                         //
836                         // Check safe/unsafe of the delegate
837                         //
838                         if (!ec.InUnsafe){
839                                 ParameterData param = TypeManager.GetParameterData (delegate_method);
840                                 int count = param.Count;
841                                 
842                                 for (int i = 0; i < count; i++){
843                                         if (param.ParameterType (i).IsPointer){
844                                                 Expression.UnsafeError (loc);
845                                                 return null;
846                                         }
847                                 }
848                         }
849                                                 
850                         //TODO: implement caching when performance will be low
851                         IMethodData md = TypeManager.GetMethod (delegate_method);
852                         if (md == null) {
853                                 if (System.Attribute.GetCustomAttribute (delegate_method, TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type) != null) {
854                                         Report.Error (1618, loc, "Cannot create delegate with '{0}' because it has a Conditional attribute", TypeManager.CSharpSignature (delegate_method));
855                                 }
856                         } else {
857                                 md.SetMemberIsUsed ();
858                                 if (md.OptAttributes != null && md.OptAttributes.Search (TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type, ec) != null) {
859                                         Report.Error (1618, loc, "Cannot create delegate with '{0}' because it has a Conditional attribute", TypeManager.CSharpSignature (delegate_method));
860                                 }
861                         }
862                         
863                         if (mg.InstanceExpression != null)
864                                 delegate_instance_expression = mg.InstanceExpression.Resolve (ec);
865                         else if (ec.IsStatic) {
866                                 if (!delegate_method.IsStatic) {
867                                         Report.Error (120, loc,
868                                                       "An object reference is required for the non-static method " +
869                                                       delegate_method.Name);
870                                         return null;
871                                 }
872                                 delegate_instance_expression = null;
873                         } else
874                                 delegate_instance_expression = ec.GetThis (loc);
875
876                         if (delegate_instance_expression != null && delegate_instance_expression.Type.IsValueType)
877                                 delegate_instance_expression = new BoxedCast (delegate_instance_expression);
878
879                         method_group = mg;
880                         eclass = ExprClass.Value;
881                         return this;
882                 }
883         }
884
885         //
886         // Created from the conversion code
887         //
888         public class ImplicitDelegateCreation : DelegateCreation {
889
890                 ImplicitDelegateCreation (Type t, Location l)
891                 {
892                         type = t;
893                         loc = l;
894                 }
895
896                 public override Expression DoResolve (EmitContext ec)
897                 {
898                         return this;
899                 }
900                 
901                 static public Expression Create (EmitContext ec, MethodGroupExpr mge, Type target_type, Location loc)
902                 {
903                         ImplicitDelegateCreation d = new ImplicitDelegateCreation (target_type, loc);
904                         if (d.ResolveConstructorMethod (ec))
905                                 return d.ResolveMethodGroupExpr (ec, mge);
906                         else
907                                 return null;
908                 }
909         }
910         
911         //
912         // A delegate-creation-expression, invoked from the `New' class 
913         //
914         public class NewDelegate : DelegateCreation {
915                 public ArrayList Arguments;
916
917                 //
918                 // This constructor is invoked from the `New' expression
919                 //
920                 public NewDelegate (Type type, ArrayList Arguments, Location loc)
921                 {
922                         this.type = type;
923                         this.Arguments = Arguments;
924                         this.loc  = loc; 
925                 }
926
927                 public override Expression DoResolve (EmitContext ec)
928                 {
929                         if (Arguments == null || Arguments.Count != 1) {
930                                 Report.Error (149, loc,
931                                               "Method name expected");
932                                 return null;
933                         }
934
935                         if (!ResolveConstructorMethod (ec))
936                                 return null;
937
938                         Argument a = (Argument) Arguments [0];
939                         
940                         if (!a.ResolveMethodGroup (ec, loc))
941                                 return null;
942                         
943                         Expression e = a.Expr;
944
945                         if (e is AnonymousMethod && RootContext.Version != LanguageVersion.ISO_1)
946                                 return ((AnonymousMethod) e).Compatible (ec, type, false);
947
948                         MethodGroupExpr mg = e as MethodGroupExpr;
949                         if (mg != null)
950                                 return ResolveMethodGroupExpr (ec, mg);
951
952                         Type e_type = e.Type;
953
954                         if (!TypeManager.IsDelegateType (e_type)) {
955                                 Report.Error (149, loc, "Method name expected");
956                                 return null;
957                         }
958
959                         method_group = Expression.MemberLookup (
960                                 ec, type, "Invoke", MemberTypes.Method,
961                                 Expression.AllBindingFlags, loc) as MethodGroupExpr;
962
963                         if (method_group == null) {
964                                 Report.Error (-200, loc, "Internal error ! Could not find Invoke method!");
965                                 return null;
966                         }
967
968                         // This is what MS' compiler reports. We could always choose
969                         // to be more verbose and actually give delegate-level specifics
970                         if (!Delegate.VerifyDelegate (ec, type, e_type, loc)) {
971                                 Report.Error (29, loc, "Cannot implicitly convert type '" + e_type + "' " +
972                                               "to type '" + type + "'");
973                                 return null;
974                         }
975                                 
976                         delegate_instance_expression = e;
977                         delegate_method = method_group.Methods [0];
978                         
979                         eclass = ExprClass.Value;
980                         return this;
981                 }
982         }
983
984         public class DelegateInvocation : ExpressionStatement {
985
986                 public Expression InstanceExpr;
987                 public ArrayList  Arguments;
988
989                 MethodBase method;
990                 
991                 public DelegateInvocation (Expression instance_expr, ArrayList args, Location loc)
992                 {
993                         this.InstanceExpr = instance_expr;
994                         this.Arguments = args;
995                         this.loc = loc;
996                 }
997
998                 public override Expression DoResolve (EmitContext ec)
999                 {
1000                         if (InstanceExpr is EventExpr) {
1001                                 
1002                                 EventInfo ei = ((EventExpr) InstanceExpr).EventInfo;
1003                                 
1004                                 Expression ml = MemberLookup (
1005                                         ec, ec.ContainerType, ei.Name,
1006                                         MemberTypes.Event, AllBindingFlags | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly, loc);
1007
1008                                 if (ml == null) {
1009                                         //
1010                                         // If this is the case, then the Event does not belong 
1011                                         // to this Type and so, according to the spec
1012                                         // cannot be accessed directly
1013                                         //
1014                                         // Note that target will not appear as an EventExpr
1015                                         // in the case it is being referenced within the same type container;
1016                                         // it will appear as a FieldExpr in that case.
1017                                         //
1018                                         
1019                                         Assign.error70 (ei, loc);
1020                                         return null;
1021                                 }
1022                         }
1023                         
1024                         
1025                         Type del_type = InstanceExpr.Type;
1026                         if (del_type == null)
1027                                 return null;
1028                         
1029                         if (Arguments != null){
1030                                 foreach (Argument a in Arguments){
1031                                         if (!a.Resolve (ec, loc))
1032                                                 return null;
1033                                 }
1034                         }
1035                         
1036                         if (!Delegate.VerifyApplicability (ec, del_type, Arguments, loc))
1037                                 return null;
1038
1039                         Expression lookup = Expression.MemberLookup (ec, del_type, "Invoke", loc);
1040                         if (!(lookup is MethodGroupExpr)) {
1041                                 Report.Error (-100, loc, "Internal error: could not find Invoke method!");
1042                                 return null;
1043                         }
1044                         
1045                         method = ((MethodGroupExpr) lookup).Methods [0];
1046                         type = ((MethodInfo) method).ReturnType;
1047                         eclass = ExprClass.Value;
1048                         
1049                         return this;
1050                 }
1051
1052                 public override void Emit (EmitContext ec)
1053                 {
1054                         //
1055                         // Invocation on delegates call the virtual Invoke member
1056                         // so we are always `instance' calls
1057                         //
1058                         Invocation.EmitCall (ec, false, false, InstanceExpr, method, Arguments, loc);
1059                 }
1060
1061                 public override void EmitStatement (EmitContext ec)
1062                 {
1063                         Emit (ec);
1064                         // 
1065                         // Pop the return value if there is one
1066                         //
1067                         if (method is MethodInfo){
1068                                 if (((MethodInfo) method).ReturnType != TypeManager.void_type)
1069                                         ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Pop);
1070                         }
1071                 }
1072
1073         }
1074 }