MethodInfo.ReturnType Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Reflection

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

MethodInfo.cs

Gets the return type of this method.

public:
 virtual property Type ^ ReturnType { Type ^ get(); };

public virtual Type ReturnType { get; }

member this.ReturnType : Type

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ReturnType As Type

Property Value

Type

The return type of this method.

Examples

The following example displays the return type of the specified method.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "\nReflection.MethodInfo" );
   
   // Get the Type and MethodInfo.
   Type^ MyType = Type::GetType( "System.Reflection.FieldInfo" );
   MethodInfo^ Mymethodinfo = MyType->GetMethod( "GetValue" );
   Console::Write( "\n{0}.{1}", MyType->FullName, Mymethodinfo->Name );
   
   // Get and display the ReturnType.
   Console::Write( "\nReturnType = {0}", Mymethodinfo->ReturnType );
   return 0;
}

using System;
using System.Reflection;

class Mymethodinfo
{
    public static int Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine ("\nReflection.MethodInfo");

        // Get the Type and MethodInfo.
        Type MyType = Type.GetType("System.Reflection.FieldInfo");
        MethodInfo Mymethodinfo = MyType.GetMethod("GetValue");
        Console.Write ("\n" + MyType.FullName + "." + Mymethodinfo.Name);

        // Get and display the ReturnType.
        Console.Write ("\nReturnType = {0}", Mymethodinfo.ReturnType);
        return 0;
    }
}

Imports System.Reflection

Class Mymethodinfo1

    Public Shared Function Main() As Integer
        Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Reflection.MethodInfo")

        'Get the Type and MethodInfo.
        Dim MyType As Type = Type.GetType("System.Reflection.FieldInfo")
        Dim Mymethodinfo As MethodInfo = MyType.GetMethod("GetValue")
        Console.Write(ControlChars.Cr _
           + MyType.FullName + "." + Mymethodinfo.Name)

        'Get and display the ReturnType.
        Console.Write(ControlChars.Cr _
           + "ReturnType = {0}", Mymethodinfo.ReturnType)
        Return 0
    End Function
End Class

Remarks

To get the return type property, first get the class Type. From the Type, get the MethodInfo. From the MethodInfo, get the ReturnType.