When do you use reflection? Patterns/anti-patterns

Question

I understand the reflection API (in c#) but I am not sure in what situation would I use it. What are some patterns - anti-patterns for using reflection?

Answer 1

There is no hard and fast rule. Basically, you don't use reflection without a good reason. Use reflection when you can't do what you want without it, or when your code would be much longer or more difficult to understand without reflection.