MethodBase.IsSpecialName Property

Definition

Gets a value indicating whether this method has a special name.

C#
public bool IsSpecialName { get; }

Property Value

true if this method has a special name; otherwise, false.

Implements

Examples

This example shows a use of IsSpecialName to filter internal or private members out of a list.

C#
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;

public class Sample
{
    protected bool ShowMethods;
    protected StreamWriter myWriter;

    private void DumpMethods(Type aType)
    {
        if (!ShowMethods)
            return;
        MethodInfo[] mInfo = aType.GetMethods();
        myWriter.WriteLine("Methods");
        bool found = false;
        if (mInfo.Length != 0)
        {
            for (int i=0; i < mInfo.Length; i++)
            {
                // Only display methods declared in this type. Also
                // filter out any methods with special names, because these
                // cannot be generally called by the user. That is, their
                // functionality is usually exposed in other ways, for example,
                // property get/set methods are exposed as properties.
                if (mInfo[i].DeclaringType == aType && !mInfo[i].IsSpecialName)
                {
                    found = true;
                    StringBuilder modifiers = new StringBuilder();
                    if (mInfo[i].IsStatic)   {modifiers.Append("static ");}
                    if (mInfo[i].IsPublic)   {modifiers.Append("public ");}
                    if (mInfo[i].IsFamily)   {modifiers.Append("protected ");}
                    if (mInfo[i].IsAssembly) {modifiers.Append("internal ");}
                    if (mInfo[i].IsPrivate)  {modifiers.Append("private ");}
                    myWriter.WriteLine("{0} {1}", modifiers, mInfo[i]);
                }
            }
        }
        if (!found)
        {
            myWriter.WriteLine("(none)");
        }
    }
}

Remarks

The SpecialName bit is set to flag members that are treated in a special way by some compilers (such as property accessors and operator overloading methods).

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
.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

See also