.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1: Base Class Library and Extended Numerics Library
by Brad Abrams
Description
The System.Type class is abstract, as is the System.Reflection.MemberInfo class and its subclasses System.Reflection.FieldInfo, System.Reflection.PropertyInfo, System.Reflection.MethodBase, and System.Reflection.EventInfo. System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo and System.Reflection.MethodInfo are subclasses of System.Reflection.MethodBase. The runtime provides non-public implementations of these classes. [Note: For example, System.Type.GetMethod is typed as returning a System.Reflection.MethodInfo object. The returned object is actually an instance of the non-public runtime type that implements System.Reflection.MethodInfo.]
A conforming CLI program which is written to run on only the Kernel profile cannot subclass System.Type. [Note: ...
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