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

I personaly don't use it a lot. I tend to use it when I don't have a different way to code something.

Here is an simple example:

public static void LogException(Exception exc, string source)
{
    try
    {
        // Logic for logging exceptions
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        //If logging fails  for some reason 
        //then we still log it using reflection
        LogException(ex, "Error while logging an exception");
    }
}