' Add Imports System.Linq.Expressions
' to the beginning of the file.
' The class derived from DynamicObject.
Public Class DynamicNumber
    Inherits DynamicObject

    ' The inner dictionary to store field names and values.
    Dim dictionary As New Dictionary(Of String, Object)

    ' Get the property value.
    Public Overrides Function TryGetMember(
        ByVal binder As System.Dynamic.GetMemberBinder,
        ByRef result As Object) As Boolean

        Return dictionary.TryGetValue(binder.Name, result)

    End Function

    ' Set the property value.
    Public Overrides Function TrySetMember(
        ByVal binder As System.Dynamic.SetMemberBinder,
        ByVal value As Object) As Boolean

        dictionary(binder.Name) = value
        Return True

    End Function

    ' Perform the binary operation. 
    Public Overrides Function TryBinaryOperation(
        ByVal binder As System.Dynamic.BinaryOperationBinder,
        ByVal arg As Object, ByRef result As Object) As Boolean

        ' The Textual property contains the textual representaion 
        ' of two numbers, in addition to the name of the binary operation.
        Dim resultTextual As String =
            dictionary("Textual") & " " &
            binder.Operation.ToString() & " " &
        CType(arg, DynamicNumber).dictionary("Textual")

        Dim resultNumeric As Integer

        ' Checking what type of operation is being performed.
        Select Case binder.Operation
            ' Proccessing mathematical addition (a + b).
            Case ExpressionType.Add
                resultNumeric =
                CInt(dictionary("Numeric")) +
                CInt((CType(arg, DynamicNumber)).dictionary("Numeric"))

                ' Processing mathematical substraction (a - b).
            Case ExpressionType.Subtract
                resultNumeric =
                CInt(dictionary("Numeric")) -
                CInt((CType(arg, DynamicNumber)).dictionary("Numeric"))

            Case Else
                ' In case of any other binary operation,
                ' print out the type of operation and return false,
                ' which means that the language should determine 
                ' what to do.
                ' (Usually the language just throws an exception.)
                Console.WriteLine(
                    binder.Operation.ToString() &
                    ": This binary operation is not implemented")
                result = Nothing
                Return False
        End Select

        Dim finalResult As Object = New DynamicNumber()
        finalResult.Textual = resultTextual
        finalResult.Numeric = resultNumeric
        result = finalResult
        Return True
    End Function
End Class

Sub Test()
    ' Creating the first dynamic number.
    Dim firstNumber As Object = New DynamicNumber()

    ' Creating properties and setting their values
    ' for the first dynamic number. 
    ' The TrySetMember method is called.
    firstNumber.Textual = "One"
    firstNumber.Numeric = 1

    ' Printing out properties. The TryGetMember method is called.
    Console.WriteLine(
        firstNumber.Textual & " " & firstNumber.Numeric)

    ' Creating the second dynamic number.
    Dim secondNumber As Object = New DynamicNumber()
    secondNumber.Textual = "Two"
    secondNumber.Numeric = 2
    Console.WriteLine(
        secondNumber.Textual & " " & secondNumber.Numeric)

    Dim resultNumber As Object = New DynamicNumber()

    ' Adding two numbers. TryBinaryOperation is called.
    resultNumber = firstNumber + secondNumber
    Console.WriteLine(
        resultNumber.Textual & " " & resultNumber.Numeric)

    ' Subtracting two numbers. TryBinaryOperation is called.
    resultNumber = firstNumber - secondNumber
    Console.WriteLine(
        resultNumber.Textual & " " & resultNumber.Numeric)

    ' The following statement produces a run-time exception
    ' because the multiplication operation is not implemented.
    ' resultNumber = firstNumber * secondNumber
End Sub