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11/18/2011

ModuleBuilder.DefineGlobalMethod Method (String, MethodAttributes, CallingConventions, Type, array<Type[])

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Defines a global method with the specified name, attributes, calling convention, return type, and parameter types.

Namespace: System.Reflection.Emit
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function DefineGlobalMethod ( _
    name As String, _
    attributes As MethodAttributes, _
    callingConvention As CallingConventions, _
    returnType As Type, _
    parameterTypes As Type() _
) As MethodBuilder

public MethodBuilder DefineGlobalMethod(
    string name,
    MethodAttributes attributes,
    CallingConventions callingConvention,
    Type returnType,
    Type[] parameterTypes
)

Parameters

name
Type: System.String
The name of the method. name cannot contain embedded nulls.

attributes
Type: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
The attributes of the method. attributes must include Static.

callingConvention
Type: System.Reflection.CallingConventions
The calling convention for the method.

returnType
Type: System.Type
The return type of the method.

parameterTypes
Type: array<System.Type[]
The types of the method's parameters.

Return Value

Type: System.Reflection.Emit.MethodBuilder
The defined global method.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The method is not static. That is, attributes does not include Static. -or- An element in the Type array is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentNullException	name is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
InvalidOperationException	CreateGlobalFunctions has been previously called.

ArgumentException

The method is not static. That is, attributes does not include Static.

-or-

An element in the Type array is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentNullException

name is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

InvalidOperationException

CreateGlobalFunctions has been previously called.

Remarks

Important Note:
In Silverlight, global methods can be called only by code in the dynamic module.

You cannot use the global method that this method defines until you call CreateGlobalFunctions.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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