FieldInfo.IsSpecialName Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Reflection

Assemblies:: mscorlib.dll, System.Reflection.dll

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: System.Reflection.dll

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: FieldInfo.cs

Source:: FieldInfo.cs

Source:: FieldInfo.cs

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Gets a value indicating whether the corresponding SpecialName attribute is set in the FieldAttributes enumerator.

public:
 property bool IsSpecialName { bool get(); };

public bool IsSpecialName { get; }

member this.IsSpecialName : bool

Public ReadOnly Property IsSpecialName As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the SpecialName attribute is set in FieldAttributes; otherwise, false.

Implements

IsSpecialName

Examples

The following example returns a value indicating whether or not the fields in the class contain a SpecialName attribute.

#using <system.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::ComponentModel::Design;

int main()
{
   try
   {
      // Get the type handle of a specified class.
      Type^ myType = ViewTechnology::typeid;

      // Get the fields of the specified class.
      array<FieldInfo^>^myField = myType->GetFields();
      Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying fields that have SpecialName attributes:\n" );
      for ( int i = 0; i < myField->Length; i++ )
      {
         // Determine whether or not each field is a special name.
         if ( myField[ i ]->IsSpecialName )
         {
            Console::WriteLine( "The field {0} has a SpecialName attribute.", myField[ i ]->Name );
         }
      }
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Exception : {0} ", e->Message );
   }
}

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;

class FieldInfo_IsSpecialName
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            // Get the type handle of a specified class.
            Type myType = typeof(ViewTechnology);

            // Get the fields of the specified class.
            FieldInfo[] myField = myType.GetFields();

            Console.WriteLine("\nDisplaying fields that have SpecialName attributes:\n");
            for(int i = 0; i < myField.Length; i++)
            {
                // Determine whether or not each field is a special name.
                if(myField[i].IsSpecialName)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("The field {0} has a SpecialName attribute.",
                        myField[i].Name);
                }
            }
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Exception : {0} " , e.Message);
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.ComponentModel.Design

Class FieldInfo_IsSpecialName

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Try
            ' Get the type handle of a specified class.
            Dim myType As Type = GetType(ViewTechnology)

            ' Get the fields of a specified class.
            Dim myField As FieldInfo() = myType.GetFields()

            Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Displaying fields that have SpecialName attributes:" + ControlChars.Cr)
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To myField.Length - 1
                ' Determine whether or not each field is a special name.
                If myField(i).IsSpecialName Then
                    Console.WriteLine("The field {0} has a SpecialName attribute.", myField(i).Name)
                End If
            Next i
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Exception : {0} ", e.Message.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Names that begin with or contain an underscore character (_), property accessors, and operator overloading methods are examples of names that might require special treatment by some compilers.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP	10.0

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