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jturinetti
jturinetti

Reputation: 169

C# dynamic compilation of string and .cs file

I'm working on a website where a user can implement a C# code solution to a problem in a browser text area and submit it. The server will then compile that code together with a predefined interface I provide on the server. Think of it as a strategy design pattern; I provide a strategy interface and users implement it. So I need to compile a string and a predefined *.cs file together at run-time. Here's the code I have now that compiles only the string portion:

CodeDomProvider codeProvider = CodeDomProvider.CreateProvider("CSharp");

CompilerParameters parameters = new CompilerParameters();
parameters.OutputAssembly = "CodeOutputTest.dll";   // need to name this dynamically.  where to store it?
parameters.GenerateExecutable = false;
parameters.IncludeDebugInformation = false;

CompilerResults results = codeProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(parameters, request.Code);

Users would submit something like this:

public class UserClass : IStrategy
{
     public string ExecuteSolution(string input)
     {
         // user code
     }
}

Security concerns aside (that's a heavy question for another day)...how can I compile this together with my predefined interface *.cs file? Or is there a better way of handling this?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3766

Answers (1)

svick
svick

Reputation: 244757

CodeDomProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource() is defined as

public virtual CompilerResults CompileAssemblyFromSource(
    CompilerParameters options, params string[] sources)

That means you can compile one assembly from multiple source files. Something like:

codeProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(parameters, request.Code, otherCode);

Another (possibly better) option is to reference already compiled assembly that contains the code you need. You can do this using CompilerParameters.ReferencedAssemblies:

parameters.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("SomeLibrary.dll");

Upvotes: 3

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