What is the difference between calling a delegate directly, using DynamicInvoke, and using DynamicInvokeImpl?

Question

The docs for both DynamicInvoke and DynamicInvokeImpl say:

Dynamically invokes (late-bound) the method represented by the current delegate.

Answer 1

Coincidentally I have found another difference.

If Invoke throws an exception it can be caught by the expected exception type. However DynamicInvoke throws a TargetInvokationException. Here is a small demo:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace DynamicInvokeVsInvoke
{
   public class StrategiesProvider
   {
      private readonly Dictionary strategies;

      public StrategiesProvider()
      {
         strategies = new Dictionary
                      {
                         {StrategyTypes.NoWay, () => { throw new NotSupportedException(); }}
                         // more strategies...
                      };
      }

      public void CallStrategyWithDynamicInvoke(StrategyTypes strategyType)
      {
         strategies[strategyType].DynamicInvoke();
      }

      public void CallStrategyWithInvoke(StrategyTypes strategyType)
      {
         strategies[strategyType].Invoke();
      }
   }

   public enum StrategyTypes
   {
      NoWay = 0,
      ThisWay,
      ThatWay
   }
}

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While the second test goes green, the first one faces a TargetInvokationException.

using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using SharpTestsEx;

namespace DynamicInvokeVsInvoke.Tests
{
   [TestClass]
   public class DynamicInvokeVsInvokeTests
   {
      [TestMethod]
      public void Call_strategy_with_dynamic_invoke_can_be_catched()
      {
         bool catched = false;
         try
         {
            new StrategiesProvider().CallStrategyWithDynamicInvoke(StrategyTypes.NoWay);
         }
         catch(NotSupportedException exc)
         {
            /* Fails because the NotSupportedException is wrapped
             * inside a TargetInvokationException! */
            catched = true;
         }
         catched.Should().Be(true);
      }

      [TestMethod]
      public void Call_strategy_with_invoke_can_be_catched()
      {
         bool catched = false;
         try
         {
            new StrategiesProvider().CallStrategyWithInvoke(StrategyTypes.NoWay);
         }
         catch(NotSupportedException exc)
         {
            catched = true;
         }
         catched.Should().Be(true);
      }
   }
}