MethodBase.IsAssembly Property
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Gets a value that indicates whether the potential visibility of this method or constructor is described by MethodAttributes.Assembly; that is, the method or constructor is visible at most to other types in the same assembly, and is not visible to derived types outside the assembly.
Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property IsAssembly As Boolean
public bool IsAssembly { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.Boolean
true if the visibility of this method or constructor is exactly described by MethodAttributes.Assembly; otherwise, false.
Remarks
The actual visibility of a method is limited by the visibility of its type. The IsAssembly property might be true for a method, but if it is a method of a private nested type, the method is not visible outside the containing type.
The visibility of a method or constructor is exactly described by MethodAttributes.Assembly if the only visibility modifier is internal (Friend in Visual Basic). This property is false for methods that are protected internal in C# (Protected Friend in Visual Basic, protected public in C++); use the IsFamilyOrAssembly property to identify such methods.
Examples
The following example defines methods with varying levels of visibility, and displays the values of their IsAssembly, IsFamily, IsFamilyOrAssembly, and IsFamilyAndAssembly properties.
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The Visual Basic and C# languages cannot define methods with MethodAttributes.FamANDAssem visibility. |
To run this example, see Building Examples That Use a Demo Method and a TextBlock Control.
Imports System.Reflection
Public Class Example
Public Sub m_Public()
End Sub
Friend Sub m_Friend()
End Sub
Protected Sub m_Protected()
End Sub
Protected Friend Sub m_Protected_Friend()
End Sub
Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
outputBlock.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Courier New")
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(vbCrLf & _
"{0,-30}{1,-18}{2}", "", "IsAssembly", "IsFamilyOrAssembly") & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("{0,-21}{1,-18}{2,-18}{3}" & vbCrLf, _
"", "IsPublic", "IsFamily", "IsFamilyAndAssembly") & vbCrLf
For Each m As MethodBase In GetType(Example).GetMethods( _
BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.Public)
If Left(m.Name, 1) = "m" Then
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("{0,-21}{1,-9}{2,-9}{3,-9}{4,-9}{5,-9}", _
m.Name, _
m.IsPublic, _
m.IsAssembly, _
m.IsFamily, _
m.IsFamilyOrAssembly, _
m.IsFamilyAndAssembly _
) & vbCrLf
End If
Next
End Sub
End Class
' This code example produces output similar to the following:
'
' IsAssembly IsFamilyOrAssembly
' IsPublic IsFamily IsFamilyAndAssembly
'
'm_Public True False False False False
'm_Friend False True False False False
'm_Protected False False True False False
'm_Protected_Friend False False False True False
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows.Media;
public class Example
{
public void m_public() { }
internal void m_internal() { }
protected void m_protected() { }
protected internal void m_protected_public() { }
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
outputBlock.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Courier New");
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("\n{0,-30}{1,-18}{2}", "", "IsAssembly", "IsFamilyOrAssembly") + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,-21}{1,-18}{2,-18}{3}\n",
"", "IsPublic", "IsFamily", "IsFamilyAndAssembly") + "\n";
foreach (MethodBase m in typeof(Example).GetMethods(
BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public))
{
if (m.Name.Substring(0, 1) == "m")
{
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,-21}{1,-9}{2,-9}{3,-9}{4,-9}{5,-9}",
m.Name,
m.IsPublic,
m.IsAssembly,
m.IsFamily,
m.IsFamilyOrAssembly,
m.IsFamilyAndAssembly
) + "\n";
}
}
}
}
/* This code example produces output similar to the following:
IsAssembly IsFamilyOrAssembly
IsPublic IsFamily IsFamilyAndAssembly
m_public True False False False False
m_internal False True False False False
m_protected False False True False False
m_protected_public False False False True False
*/
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.