C# 5.0 Programmer's Reference

Appendix X Reflection

A class’s type provides properties and methods that provide a wealth of information about the class. You can get a Type object representing a class by using typeof(TheClass) or by calling the GetType method on an instance of the class.

The following section summarizes the Type class’s most useful properties and methods. The sections after that summarize other useful reflection classes.

Type

The following table lists the Type class’s most useful properties.

Property	Description
Assembly	Gets the assembly where the type is declared.
Attributes	Gets the type’s attributes.
BaseType	Gets the type’s parent class.
ContainsGenericParameters	Indicates whether the type has generic type parameters.
CustomAttributes	Gets the type’s custom attributes.
FullName	Gets the type’s fully qualified name, which includes the type’s namespace but not its assembly.
IsAbstract	Returns true if the type is abstract.
IsArray	Returns true if the type is an array.
IsAutoLayout	Returns true if the type’s fields are laid out automatically by the CLR.
IsByRef	Returns true if the type is passed by reference.
IsClass	Returns true if the type is a class.
IsCOMObject	Returns true if the type is a COM object.
IsEnum	Returns true if the type is an enumeration.
IsExplicitLayout	Returns true if the type’s fields are laid out explicitly.
IsGenericType	Gets a value indicating whether the current type is a generic type.
IsImport	Returns true if the type was imported from a COM library.
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