Class TypeIdentifier

Representation of a .NET type name, allowing access to the individual parts of the type name, both for reading and for modification.

Inheritance

Object

TypeIdentifier

Implements

IEquatable<TypeIdentifier>

Inherited Members

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Reflection.Metadata

Assembly: Alphaleonis.Reflection.Metadata.dll

Syntax

[Serializable]
public class TypeIdentifier : IEquatable<TypeIdentifier>

Remarks

Use Parse(String) to create a new instance of a TypeIdentifier

Properties

AssemblyName

Gets or sets the assembly name in which this type resides. This may be null if no assembly name was provided.

Declaration

public AssemblyName AssemblyName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
AssemblyName

AssemblyQualifiedName

Gets or sets the full assembly qualified name of the type.

Declaration

public string AssemblyQualifiedName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when one or more required arguments are null.
ArgumentException	Thrown when one or more arguments have unsupported or illegal values.

FullName

Gets or sets the full name of the type. This is equivalent to FullName.

Declaration

public string FullName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when one or more required arguments are null.
ArgumentException	Thrown when one or more arguments have unsupported or illegal values.

GenericArguments

Gets a list containing the generic arguments of this type, or an empty list if no generic arguments are available.

Declaration

public IList<TypeIdentifier> GenericArguments { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IList<TypeIdentifier>

IsArray

Returns true if this type is an array.

Declaration

public bool IsArray { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

IsPointer

Returns true if this type is a pointer.

Declaration

public bool IsPointer { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

IsReference

Returns true if this type is a reference.

Declaration

public bool IsReference { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean

Name

Gets or sets the simple name of the type without any array/pointer/byref specs.

Declaration

public string Name { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The name.

Remarks

This is different from Name that does include the array/pointer/byRef specifiers.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when one or more required arguments are null.
ArgumentException	Thrown when one or more arguments have unsupported or illegal values.

Namespace

Gets or sets the namespace of the type. May be null if the type is not contained within a namespace.

Declaration

public string Namespace { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

NamespaceTypeName

Gets or sets the namespace and type name, without any array/pointer/reference specifiers or generic arguments. For example the NamespaceTypeName of the type System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2+KeyCollection[System.String,System.Int32][,]</code> is <code>System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2+KeyCollection.

Declaration

public string NamespaceTypeName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The name of the namespace type.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when one or more required arguments are null.
ArgumentException	Thrown when one or more arguments have unsupported or illegal values.

TypeSpecifiers

Gets or sets the specifiers indicating whether this type is an array, pointer or reference type.

Declaration

public IList<TypeSpecifier> TypeSpecifiers { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IList<TypeSpecifier>

Methods

Equals(TypeIdentifier)

Tests if this TypeIdentifier is considered equal to another.

Declaration

public bool Equals(TypeIdentifier other)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TypeIdentifier	other	The type identifier to compare to this object.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	True if the objects are considered equal, false if they are not.

Equals(Object)

Tests if this object is considered equal to another.

Declaration

public override bool Equals(object obj)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	obj	The object to compare to this object.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	True if the objects are considered equal, false if they are not.

Overrides

Object.Equals(Object)

GetDeclaringType()

Gets declaring type of this type if this type is a nested type, or returns null otherwise.

Declaration

public TypeIdentifier GetDeclaringType()

Returns

Type	Description
TypeIdentifier

GetElementType()

Gets element type of this type if this type is an array, pointer or reference. Returns null otherwise.

Declaration

public TypeIdentifier GetElementType()

Returns

Type	Description
TypeIdentifier

GetHashCode()

Calculates a hash code for this object.

Declaration

public override int GetHashCode()

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	A hash code for this object.

Overrides

Object.GetHashCode()

Parse(String)

Parses a type name. This may be an assembly qualified name, a full type name or a simple type name.

Declaration

public static TypeIdentifier Parse(string typeName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	typeName	The type name to parse

Returns

Type	Description
TypeIdentifier	A new TypeIdentifier representing the specified type.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when one or more required arguments are null.
ArgumentException	Thrown when one or more arguments have unsupported or illegal values.

ToString()

Convert this object into a string representation.

Declaration

public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
String	A string that represents this object.

Overrides

Object.ToString()

Implements

System.IEquatable<T>