.NET Remoting with Reflection

Question

I need to dynamically load an interface assembly that I use on client-side remoting. Something like this.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
  TcpClientChannel clientChannel = new TcpClientChannel();
  ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(clientChannel, false);

  Assembly interfaceAssembly = Assembly.LoadFile("RemotingInterface.dll");
  Type iTheInterface = 
    interfaceAssembly.GetType("RemotingInterface.ITheService");

  RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownClientType(iTheInterface,
                                        "tcp://localhost:9090/Remotable.rem");
  object wellKnownObject = Activator.GetObject(iTheInterface, 
                                        "tcp://localhost:9090/Remotable.rem");
}

Only I can't seem to grasp how to call any methods as I can't cast the Activator.GetObject. How can I create a proxy of ITheService without knowing the interface at compile-time?

Answer 1

Got an answer from MSDN forums.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
  TcpClientChannel clientChannel = new TcpClientChannel();
  ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(clientChannel, false);

  Assembly interfaceAssembly = Assembly.LoadFile("RemotingInterface.dll");
  Type iTheInterface = interfaceAssembly.GetType("RemotingInterface.ITheService");

  RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownClientType(iTheInterface,
                                    "tcp://localhost:9090/Remotable.rem");
  object wellKnownObject = Activator.GetObject(iTheInterface, 
                                    "tcp://localhost:9090/Remotable.rem");

  MethodInfo m = iTheInterface.GetMethod("MethodName");
  m.Invoke(wellKnownObject, new object[] { "Argument"});
}