System.Reflection Namespace
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The System.Reflection namespace contains types that retrieve information about assemblies, modules, members, parameters, and other entities in managed code by examining their metadata. These types also can be used to manipulate instances of loaded types, for example, to hook up events or to invoke methods. To dynamically create types, use the System.Reflection.Emit namespace.
Classes
Class | Description | |
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AmbiguousMatchException | The exception that is thrown when binding to a member results in more than one member matching the binding criteria. This class cannot be inherited. | |
Assembly | Represents an assembly, which is a reusable, versionable, and self-describing building block of a common language runtime application. | |
AssemblyAlgorithmIdAttribute | Specifies an algorithm to hash all files in an assembly. This class cannot be inherited. | |
AssemblyCompanyAttribute | Defines a company name custom attribute for an assembly manifest. | |
AssemblyConfigurationAttribute | Specifies the build configuration, such as retail or debug, for an assembly. | |
AssemblyCopyrightAttribute | Defines a copyright custom attribute for an assembly manifest. | |
AssemblyCultureAttribute | Specifies which culture the assembly supports. | |
AssemblyDefaultAliasAttribute | Defines a friendly default alias for an assembly manifest. | |
AssemblyDelaySignAttribute | Specifies that the assembly is not fully signed when created. | |
AssemblyDescriptionAttribute | Provides a text description for an assembly. | |
AssemblyFileVersionAttribute | Instructs a compiler to use a specific version number for the Win32 file version resource. The Win32 file version is not required to be the same as the assembly's version number. | |
AssemblyFlagsAttribute | Specifies a bitwise combination of AssemblyNameFlags flags for an assembly, describing just-in-time (JIT) compiler options, whether the assembly is retargetable, and whether it has a full or tokenized public key. This class cannot be inherited. | |
AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute | Defines additional version information for an assembly manifest. | |
AssemblyKeyFileAttribute | Specifies the name of a file containing the key pair used to generate a strong name. | |
AssemblyKeyNameAttribute | Specifies the name of a key container within the CSP containing the key pair used to generate a strong name. | |
AssemblyName | Describes an assembly's unique identity in full. | |
AssemblyProductAttribute | Defines a product name custom attribute for an assembly manifest. | |
AssemblyTitleAttribute | Specifies a description for an assembly. | |
AssemblyTrademarkAttribute | Defines a trademark custom attribute for an assembly manifest. | |
AssemblyVersionAttribute | Specifies the version of the assembly being attributed. | |
Binder | Selects a member from a list of candidates, and performs type conversion from actual argument type to formal argument type. | |
ConstructorInfo | Discovers the attributes of a class constructor and provides access to constructor metadata. | |
CustomAttributeFormatException | The exception that is thrown when the binary format of a custom attribute is invalid. | |
DefaultMemberAttribute | Defines the member of a type that is the default member used by InvokeMember. | |
EventInfo | Discovers the attributes of an event and provides access to event metadata. | |
FieldInfo | Discovers the attributes of a field and provides access to field metadata. | |
LocalVariableInfo | Discovers the attributes of a local variable and provides access to local variable metadata. | |
MemberInfo | Obtains information about the attributes of a member and provides access to member metadata. | |
MethodBase | Provides information about methods and constructors. | |
MethodInfo | Discovers the attributes of a method and provides access to method metadata. | |
Missing | Represents a missing Object. This class cannot be inherited. | |
Module | Performs reflection on a module. | |
ParameterInfo | Discovers the attributes of a parameter and provides access to parameter metadata. | |
PropertyInfo | Discovers the attributes of a property and provides access to property metadata. | |
ReflectionTypeLoadException | The exception that is thrown by the Module.GetTypes method if any of the classes in a module cannot be loaded. This class cannot be inherited. | |
TargetException | Represents the exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to invoke an invalid target. | |
TargetInvocationException | The exception that is thrown by methods invoked through reflection. This class cannot be inherited. | |
TargetParameterCountException | The exception that is thrown when the number of parameters for an invocation does not match the number expected. This class cannot be inherited. | |
TypeDelegator | Wraps a Type object and delegates all methods to that Type. |
Structures
Structure | Description | |
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InterfaceMapping | Retrieves the mapping of an interface into the actual methods on a class that implements that interface. | |
ParameterModifier | Attaches a modifier to parameters so that binding can work with parameter signatures in which the types have been modified. |
Interfaces
Interface | Description | |
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ICustomAttributeProvider | Provides custom attributes for reflection objects that support them. | |
ICustomTypeProvider | Defines a method that returns a custom Type object used by the data binding system to determine the run-time structure of the implementing type. | |
IReflect | Interoperates with the IDispatch interface. |
Delegates
Delegate | Description | |
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MemberFilter | Represents a delegate that is used to filter a list of members represented in an array of MemberInfo objects. |
Enumerations
Enumeration | Description | |
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AssemblyNameFlags | Provides information about an Assembly reference. | |
BindingFlags | Specifies flags that control binding and the way in which the search for members and types is conducted by reflection. | |
CallingConventions | Defines the valid calling conventions for a method. | |
EventAttributes | Specifies the attributes of an event. | |
FieldAttributes | Specifies the attributes of a field. | |
GenericParameterAttributes | Describes the constraints on a generic type parameter of a generic type or method. | |
MemberTypes | Marks each type of member that is defined as a derived class of MemberInfo. | |
MethodAttributes | Specifies flags for method attributes. These flags are defined in the corhdr.h file. | |
MethodImplAttributes | Specifies flags for the attributes of a method implementation. | |
ParameterAttributes | Defines the attributes that can be associated with a parameter. These are defined in CorHdr.h. | |
PropertyAttributes | Defines the attributes that can be associated with a property. | |
ResourceAttributes | Specifies the attributes for a manifest resource. | |
TypeAttributes | Specifies type attributes. |