Activator.CreateInstance can't find the constructor (MissingMethodException)

Question

I have a class which has the following constructor

public DelayCompositeDesigner(DelayComposite CompositeObject)
{
    InitializeComponent();

    compositeObjec         


        

Answer 1

I discovered another way of creating an instance of an object without calling the constructor at all while answering another question on SF.

In the System.Runtime.Serialization namespace there is a function FormatterServices.GetUninitializedObject(type) that will create an object without calling constructor.

If you look at that function in Reflector you will see it is making an external call. I don't know how black magic is actually happening under the hood. But I did prove to myself that the constructor was never called but the object was instantiated.