System Namespace
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The System namespace contains fundamental classes and base classes that define commonly-used value and reference data types, events and event handlers, interfaces, attributes, and processing exceptions.
Other classes provide services supporting data type conversion, method parameter manipulation, mathematics, remote and local program invocation, application environment management, and supervision of managed and unmanaged applications.
Classes
Class | Description | |
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AccessViolationException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to read or write protected memory. | |
Activator | Contains methods to create types of objects locally. This class cannot be inherited. | |
AggregateException | Represents one or more errors that occur during application execution. | |
AppDomain | Represents an application domain, which is an isolated environment where applications execute. This class cannot be inherited. | |
AppDomainManager | Provides a managed equivalent of an unmanaged host. | |
AppDomainSetup | Represents assembly binding information that can be added to an instance of AppDomain. | |
AppDomainUnloadedException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to access an unloaded application domain. | |
ArgumentException | The exception that is thrown when one of the arguments provided to a method is not valid. | |
ArgumentNullException | The exception that is thrown when a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument. | |
ArgumentOutOfRangeException | The exception that is thrown when the value of an argument is outside the allowable range of values as defined by the invoked method. | |
ArithmeticException | The exception that is thrown for errors in an arithmetic, casting, or conversion operation. | |
Array | Provides methods for creating, manipulating, searching, and sorting arrays, thereby serving as the base class for all arrays in the common language runtime. | |
ArrayTypeMismatchException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to store an element of the wrong type within an array. | |
Attribute | Represents the base class for custom attributes. | |
AttributeUsageAttribute | Specifies the usage of another attribute class. This class cannot be inherited. | |
BadImageFormatException | The exception that is thrown when the file image of a DLL or an executable program is invalid. | |
BitConverter | Converts base data types to an array of bytes, and an array of bytes to base data types. | |
Buffer | Manipulates arrays of primitive types. | |
CannotUnloadAppDomainException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to unload an application domain fails. | |
CLSCompliantAttribute | Indicates whether a program element is compliant with the Common Language Specification (CLS). This class cannot be inherited. | |
Console | Infrastructure. Represents the standard input, output, and error streams for console applications. This class cannot be inherited. | |
ContextMarshalException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to marshal an object across a context boundary fails. | |
ContextStaticAttribute | Obsolete. Indicates that the value of a static field is unique for a particular context. | |
Convert | Converts a base data type to another base data type. | |
DataMisalignedException | The exception that is thrown when a unit of data is read from or written to an address that is not a multiple of the data size. This class cannot be inherited. | |
DBNull | Represents a nonexistent value. This class cannot be inherited. | |
Delegate | Represents a delegate, which is a data structure that refers to a static method or to a class instance and an instance method of that class. | |
DivideByZeroException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to divide an integral or decimal value by zero. | |
DllNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when a DLL specified in a DLL import cannot be found. | |
EntryPointNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to load a class fails due to the absence of an entry method. | |
Enum | Provides the base class for enumerations. | |
Environment | Provides information about, and means to manipulate, the current environment and platform. This class cannot be inherited. | |
EventArgs | EventArgs is the base class for classes containing event data. | |
Exception | Represents errors that occur during application execution. | |
ExecutionEngineException | Obsolete. The exception that is thrown when there is an internal error in the execution engine of the common language runtime. This class cannot be inherited. | |
FieldAccessException | The exception that is thrown when there is an invalid attempt to access a private or protected field inside a class. | |
FileStyleUriParser | A customizable parser based on the File scheme. | |
FlagsAttribute | Indicates that an enumeration can be treated as a bit field; that is, a set of flags. | |
FormatException | The exception that is thrown when the format of an argument does not meet the parameter specifications of the invoked method. | |
FtpStyleUriParser | A customizable parser based on the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) scheme. | |
GC | Controls the system garbage collector, a service that automatically reclaims unused memory. | |
GenericUriParser | A customizable parser for a hierarchical URI. | |
HttpStyleUriParser | A customizable parser based on the HTTP scheme. | |
IndexOutOfRangeException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to access an element of an array with an index that is outside the bounds of the array. This class cannot be inherited. | |
InvalidCastException | The exception that is thrown for invalid casting or explicit conversion. | |
InvalidOperationException | The exception that is thrown when a method call is invalid for the object's current state. | |
InvalidProgramException | The exception that is thrown when a program contains invalid Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) or metadata. Generally this indicates a bug in the compiler that generated the program. | |
InvalidTimeZoneException | The exception that is thrown when time zone information is invalid. | |
Lazy<T> | Provides support for lazy initialization. | |
Lazy<T, TMetadata> | Provides an extension of the Lazy<T> class with support for metadata. | |
Math | Provides constants and static methods for trigonometric, logarithmic, and other common mathematical functions. | |
MemberAccessException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to access a class member fails. | |
MethodAccessException | The exception that is thrown when there is an invalid attempt to access a private or protected method inside a class. | |
MissingFieldException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to dynamically access a field that does not exist. | |
MissingMemberException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to dynamically access a class member that does not exist. | |
MissingMethodException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to dynamically access a method that does not exist. | |
MulticastDelegate | Represents a multicast delegate; that is, a delegate that can have more than one element in its invocation list. | |
MulticastNotSupportedException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to combine two delegates based on the Delegate type instead of the MulticastDelegate type. This class cannot be inherited. | |
NotFiniteNumberException | The exception that is thrown when a floating-point value is positive infinity, negative infinity, or Not-a-Number (NaN). | |
NotImplementedException | The exception that is thrown when a requested method or operation is not implemented. | |
NotSupportedException | The exception that is thrown when an invoked method is not supported, or when there is an attempt to read, seek, or write to a stream that does not support the invoked functionality. | |
Nullable | Supports a value type that can be assigned nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) like a reference type. This class cannot be inherited. | |
NullReferenceException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to dereference a null object reference. | |
Object | Supports all classes in the .NET Framework class hierarchy and provides low-level services to derived classes. This is the ultimate base class of all classes in the .NET Framework; it is the root of the type hierarchy. | |
ObjectDisposedException | The exception that is thrown when an operation is performed on a disposed object. | |
ObsoleteAttribute | Marks the program elements that are no longer in use. This class cannot be inherited. | |
OperatingSystem | Represents information about an operating system, such as the version and platform identifier. This class cannot be inherited. | |
OperationCanceledException | The exception that is thrown in a thread upon cancellation of an operation that the thread was executing. | |
OutOfMemoryException | The exception that is thrown when there is not enough memory to continue the execution of a program. | |
OverflowException | The exception that is thrown when an arithmetic, casting, or conversion operation in a checked context results in an overflow. | |
ParamArrayAttribute | Indicates that a method will allow a variable number of arguments in its invocation. This class cannot be inherited. | |
PlatformNotSupportedException | The exception that is thrown when a feature does not run on a particular platform. | |
Random | Represents a pseudo-random number generator, a device that produces a sequence of numbers that meet certain statistical requirements for randomness. | |
RankException | The exception that is thrown when an array with the wrong number of dimensions is passed to a method. | |
ResolveEventArgs | Provides data for the AppDomain.AssemblyResolve event. | |
StackOverflowException | The exception that is thrown when the execution stack overflows because it contains too many nested method calls. This class cannot be inherited. | |
STAThreadAttribute | Obsolete. Indicates that the COM threading model for an application is single-threaded apartment (STA). | |
String | Represents text as a series of Unicode characters. | |
StringComparer | Represents a string comparison operation that uses specific case and culture-based or ordinal comparison rules. | |
SystemException | Defines the base class for predefined exceptions in the System namespace. | |
ThreadStaticAttribute | Indicates that the value of a static field is unique for each thread. | |
TimeoutException | The exception that is thrown when the time allotted for a process or operation has expired. | |
TimeZoneInfo | Represents a time zone. | |
Tuple | Provides static methods for creating tuple objects. | |
Tuple<T1> | Represents a 1-tuple, or singleton. | |
Tuple<T1, T2> | Represents a 2-tuple, or pair. | |
Tuple<T1, T2, T3> | Represents a 3-tuple, or triple. | |
Tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4> | Represents a 4-tuple, or quadruple. | |
Tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5> | Represents a 5-tuple, or quintuple. | |
Tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6> | Represents a 6-tuple, or sextuple. | |
Tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7> | Represents a 7-tuple, or septuple. | |
Tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, TRest> | Represents an n-tuple, where n is 8 or greater. | |
Type | Represents type declarations: class types, interface types, array types, value types, enumeration types, type parameters, generic type definitions, and open or closed constructed generic types. | |
TypeAccessException | The exception that is thrown when a method attempts to use a type that it does not have access to. | |
TypeInitializationException | The exception that is thrown as a wrapper around the exception thrown by the class initializer. This class cannot be inherited. | |
TypeLoadException | The exception that is thrown when type-loading failures occur. | |
UnauthorizedAccessException | The exception that is thrown when the operating system denies access because of an I/O error or a specific type of security error. | |
UnhandledExceptionEventArgs | Provides data for the event that is raised when there is an exception that is not handled in any application domain. | |
Uri | Provides an object representation of a uniform resource identifier (URI) and easy access to the parts of the URI. | |
UriBuilder | Provides a custom constructor for uniform resource identifiers (URIs) and modifies URIs for the Uri class. | |
UriFormatException | The exception that is thrown when an invalid Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is detected. | |
UriParser | Parses a new URI scheme. This is an abstract class. | |
UriTemplate | A class that represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) template. | |
UriTypeConverter | Converts instances of the String type to Uri instances. | |
ValueType | Provides the base class for value types. | |
Version | Represents the version number of an assembly, operating system, or the common language runtime. This class cannot be inherited. | |
WeakReference | Represents a weak reference, which references an object while still allowing that object to be reclaimed by garbage collection. |
Structures
Structure | Description | |
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ArraySegment<T> | Delimits a section of a one-dimensional array. | |
Boolean | Represents a Boolean value. | |
Byte | Represents an 8-bit unsigned integer. | |
Char | Represents a Unicode character. | |
DateTime | Represents an instant in time, typically expressed as a date and time of day. | |
DateTimeOffset | Represents a point in time, typically expressed as a date and time of day, relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). | |
Decimal | Represents a decimal number. | |
Double | Represents a double-precision floating-point number. | |
Guid | Represents a globally unique identifier (GUID). | |
Int16 | Represents a 16-bit signed integer. | |
Int32 | Represents a 32-bit signed integer. | |
Int64 | Represents a 64-bit signed integer. | |
IntPtr | A platform-specific type that is used to represent a pointer or a handle. | |
Nullable<T> | Represents an object whose underlying type is a value type that can also be assigned nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) like a reference type. | |
RuntimeArgumentHandle | References a variable-length argument list. | |
RuntimeFieldHandle | Represents a field using an internal metadata token. | |
RuntimeMethodHandle | RuntimeMethodHandle is a handle to the internal metadata representation of a method. | |
RuntimeTypeHandle | Represents a type using an internal metadata token. | |
SByte | Represents an 8-bit signed integer. | |
Single | Represents a single-precision floating-point number. | |
TimeSpan | Represents a time interval. | |
TypedReference | Describes objects that contain both a managed pointer to a location and a runtime representation of the type that may be stored at that location. | |
UInt16 | Represents a 16-bit unsigned integer. | |
UInt32 | Represents a 32-bit unsigned integer. | |
UInt64 | Represents a 64-bit unsigned integer. | |
UIntPtr | A platform-specific type that is used to represent a pointer or a handle. | |
Void | Specifies a return value type for a method that does not return a value. |
Interfaces
Interface | Description | |
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IAsyncResult | Represents the status of an asynchronous operation. | |
IComparable | Defines a generalized type-specific comparison method that a value type or class implements to order or sort its instances. | |
IComparable<T> | Defines a generalized comparison method that a value type or class implements to create a type-specific comparison method for ordering instances. | |
IConvertible | Defines methods that convert the value of the implementing reference or value type to a common language runtime type that has an equivalent value. | |
ICustomFormatter | Defines a method that supports custom, user-defined formatting of the value of an object. | |
IDisposable | Defines a method to release allocated resources. | |
IEquatable<T> | Defines a generalized method that a value type or class implements to create a type-specific method for determining equality of instances. | |
IFormatProvider | Provides a mechanism for retrieving an object to control formatting. | |
IFormattable | Provides functionality to format the value of an object into a string representation. | |
IServiceProvider | Defines a mechanism for retrieving a service object; that is, an object that provides custom support to other objects. |
Delegates
Delegate | Description | |
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Action | Encapsulates a method that takes no parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T> | Encapsulates a method that takes a single parameter and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10> | Encapsulates a method that has 10 parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11> | Encapsulates a method that has 11 parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12> | Encapsulates a method that has 12 parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13> | Encapsulates a method that has 13 parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14> | Encapsulates a method that has 14 parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15> | Encapsulates a method that has 15 parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15, T16> | Encapsulates a method that has 16 parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2> | Encapsulates a method that has two parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3> | Encapsulates a method that takes three parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4> | Encapsulates a method that has four parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5> | Encapsulates a method that has five parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6> | Encapsulates a method that has six parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7> | Encapsulates a method that has seven parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8> | Encapsulates a method that has eight parameters and does not return a value. | |
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9> | Encapsulates a method that has nine parameters and does not return a value. | |
AsyncCallback | References a method to be called when a corresponding asynchronous operation is completed. | |
Comparison<T> | Represents the method that compares two objects of the same type. | |
Converter<TInput, TOutput> | Represents a method that converts an object from one type to another type. | |
EventHandler | Represents the method that will handle an event that has no event data. | |
EventHandler<TEventArgs> | Represents the method that will handle an event. | |
Func<TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has no parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has nine parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has 10 parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has 11 parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has 12 parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has 13 parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has 14 parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has 15 parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15, T16, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has 16 parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has one parameter and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has two parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has three parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has four parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has five parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has six parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has seven parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, TResult> | Encapsulates a method that has eight parameters and returns a value of the type specified by the TResult parameter. | |
Predicate<T> | Represents the method that defines a set of criteria and determines whether the specified object meets those criteria. | |
ResolveEventHandler | Represents the method that handles the AppDomain.AssemblyResolve event. | |
UnhandledExceptionEventHandler | Represents the method that will handle the event raised by an exception that is not handled by the application domain. |
Enumerations
Enumeration | Description | |
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AttributeTargets | Specifies the application elements on which it is valid to apply an attribute. | |
DateTimeKind | Specifies whether a DateTime object represents a local time, a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or is not specified as either local time or UTC. | |
DayOfWeek | Specifies the day of the week. | |
Environment.SpecialFolder | When it is called by trusted applications, specifies enumerated constants used to retrieve directory paths to system special folders. | |
GenericUriParserOptions | Specifies options for a UriParser. | |
LoaderOptimization | An enumeration used to specify loader optimizations for an executable. | |
PlatformID | Identifies the operating system, or development platform, supported by an assembly. | |
StringComparison | Specifies the culture, case, and sort rules to be used by certain overloads of the String.Compare and String.Equals methods. | |
StringSplitOptions | Specifies whether methods that split delimited substrings include or omit empty substrings from the returned array. | |
TypeCode | Specifies the type of an object. | |
UriComponents | Specifies the parts of a Uri. | |
UriFormat | Controls how URI information is escaped. | |
UriIdnScope | Provides the possible values for the configuration setting Internationalized Domain Name parsing. | |
UriKind | Defines the kinds of Uris for several Uri.Uri methods. |