Example #1
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        [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)] // Methods containing StackCrawlMark local var has to be marked non-inlineable
        static public T CreateInstance <T>()
        {
            RuntimeType rt = typeof(T) as RuntimeType;

#if !FEATURE_CORECLR
            if (FrameworkEventSource.IsInitialized && FrameworkEventSource.Log.IsEnabled(EventLevel.Informational, FrameworkEventSource.Keywords.DynamicTypeUsage) && rt != null)
            {
                FrameworkEventSource.Log.ActivatorCreateInstanceT(rt.GetFullNameForEtw());
            }
#endif
            // This is a hack to maintain compatibility with V2. Without this we would throw a NotSupportedException for void[].
            // Array, Ref, and Pointer types don't have default constructors.
            if (rt.HasElementType)
            {
                throw new MissingMethodException(Environment.GetResourceString("Arg_NoDefCTor"));
            }

            StackCrawlMark stackMark = StackCrawlMark.LookForMyCaller;

            // Skip the CreateInstanceCheckThis call to avoid perf cost and to maintain compatibility with V2 (throwing the same exceptions).
#if FEATURE_CORECLR
            // In SL2/3 CreateInstance<T> doesn't do any security checks. This would mean that Assembly B can create instances of an internal
            // type in Assembly A upon A's request:
            //      TypeInAssemblyA.DoWork() { AssemblyB.Create<InternalTypeInAssemblyA>();}
            //      TypeInAssemblyB.Create<T>() {return new T();}
            // This violates type safety but we saw multiple user apps that have put a dependency on it. So for compatability we allow this if
            // the SL app was built against SL2/3.
            // Note that in SL2/3 it is possible for app code to instantiate public transparent types with public critical default constructors.
            // Fortunately we don't have such types in out platform assemblies.
            if (CompatibilitySwitches.IsAppEarlierThanSilverlight4 ||
                CompatibilitySwitches.IsAppEarlierThanWindowsPhone8)
            {
                return((T)rt.CreateInstanceSlow(true /*publicOnly*/, true /*skipCheckThis*/, false /*fillCache*/, ref stackMark));
            }
            else
#endif // FEATURE_CORECLR
            return((T)rt.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(true /*publicOnly*/, true /*skipCheckThis*/, true /*fillCache*/, ref stackMark));
        }