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<h1 id="utilities">Utilities</h1>
<h3 id="accesstools">AccessTools</h3>
<p>To simplify reflections, Harmony has a helper class called AccessTools. Here are the most commonly used methods:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">public static BindingFlags all = ....
public static Type TypeByName(string name)
public static FieldInfo Field(Type type, string name)
public static PropertyInfo Property(Type type, string name)
public static MethodInfo Method(Type type, string name, Type[] parameters = null, Type[] generics = null)
public static ConstructorInfo Constructor(Type type, Type[] parameters = null)
public static Type Inner(Type type, string name)
public static Type FirstInner(Type type, Func&lt;Type, bool&gt; predicate)
</code></pre>
<p>Any of these methods use the <strong>all</strong> BindingFlags definition and thus work on anything regardless if it is public, private, static or else.</p>
<h3 id="traverse">Traverse</h3>
<p>In order to access fields, properties and methods from classes via reflection, Harmony contains a utility called Traverse. Think of it as LINQ for classes. Here are the main methods:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">// starting from a type or instance
public static Traverse Create(Type type)
public static Traverse Create&lt;T&gt;()
public static Traverse CreateWithType(string name)
// digging deeper
public Traverse Type(string name)
public Traverse Field(string name)
public Traverse Property(string name, object[] index = null)
public Traverse Method(string name, params object[] arguments)
public Traverse Method(string name, Type[] paramTypes, object[] arguments = null)
// calling getter or method
public object GetValue()
public T GetValue&lt;T&gt;()
public object GetValue(params object[] arguments)
public T GetValue&lt;T&gt;(params object[] arguments)
public override string ToString()
// calling setter
public Traverse SetValue(object value)
// iterating
public static void IterateFields(object source, Action&lt;Traverse&gt; action)
public static void IterateFields(object source, object target, Action&lt;Traverse, Traverse&gt; action)
public static void IterateProperties(object source, Action&lt;Traverse&gt; action)
public static void IterateProperties(object source, object target, Action&lt;Traverse, Traverse&gt; action)
</code></pre>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp" name="example">class Foo
{
struct Bar
{
static string secret = &quot;hello&quot;;
public string ModifiedSecret() =&gt; secret.ToUpper();
}
Bar MyBar
{
get
{
return new Bar();
}
}
public string GetSecret() =&gt; MyBar.ModifiedSecret();
Foo()
{
}
static Foo MakeFoo() =&gt; new();
}
void Test()
{
var foo = Traverse.Create&lt;Foo&gt;().Method(&quot;MakeFoo&quot;).GetValue&lt;Foo&gt;();
Traverse.Create(foo).Property(&quot;MyBar&quot;).Field(&quot;secret&quot;).SetValue(&quot;world&quot;);
Console.WriteLine(foo.GetSecret()); // outputs WORLD
}
</code></pre>
<p>Although most fields, properties and methods in that class hierarchy are private, Traverse can easily access anything. It has build-in null protection and propagates null as a result if any of the intermediates would encounter null. It works with static types and caches lookups which makes it pretty fast.</p>
<h3 id="filelog">FileLog</h3>
<p>For simple and quick logging, Harmony uses a tool class FileLog. It has three methods:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">public static void Log(string str)
// Creates a new log file called &quot;harmony.log.txt&quot; on the computers Desktop (if it not already exists) and appends *str* to it.
public static void Reset()
// Deletes the log file.
public static unsafe void LogBytes(long ptr, int len)
// Same as Log(string str) but logs a hex dump and md5 hash.
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