Dynamic Expresso is an interpreter for simple C# statements written in .NET Standard 2.0.
- It embeds its parsing logic, interprets C# statements by converting them to .NET lambda expressions or delegates
- It allows you to create scriptable applications, execute .NET code without compilation or create dynamic LINQ statements
- Global variables or parameters can be injected and used inside expressions. It doesn't generate assembly, but it creates an expression tree on the fly
Features
- Expressions can be written using a subset of C# syntax
- Support for variables and parameters
- Can generate delegates or lambda expression
- Good performance compared to other similar projects
- Partial support of generic, params array, and extension methods
- Partial support of
ExpandoObject forget properties, method invocation, and indexes
- Case insensitive expressions
- Ability to discover identifiers such as variables, types, parameters of a given expression
- Small footprint, generated expressions are managed classes, can be unloaded, and can be executed in a single app domain
- Easy to use and deploy, it is all contained in a single assembly without other external dependencies
Installation
You can easily install it from the Package Manager Console window by running the following command.
PM> Install-Package DynamicExpresso.Core
Limitations
Dynamic Expresso doesn't support every C# syntaxes. The following are some of the examples which are not supported.
- Multiline expressions
- for/foreach/while/do operators
- Array/list/dictionary initialization
- Explicit generic invocation such as
method<type>(arg)
- Lambda/delegate declarations are not supported, delegate and lambda are only supported as variables or parameters or as a return type of the expression
- Array/list/dictionary element assignment
- Other operations on dynamic objects
