RuntimeTypeHandle Struct

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

RuntimeHandles.cs

Represents a type using an internal metadata token.

public value class RuntimeTypeHandle : IEquatable<RuntimeTypeHandle>, System::Runtime::Serialization::ISerializable

public struct RuntimeTypeHandle : IEquatable<RuntimeTypeHandle>, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable

type RuntimeTypeHandle = struct
    interface ISerializable

Public Structure RuntimeTypeHandle
Implements IEquatable(Of RuntimeTypeHandle), ISerializable

Inheritance

Object

ValueType

RuntimeTypeHandle

Implements

ISerializable IEquatable<RuntimeTypeHandle>

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to obtain a RuntimeTypeHandle from a type or from an object, and how to turn the handle back into a type.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;

public ref class MyClass1
{
private:
    int x;

public:
    int MyMethod()
    {
        return x;
    }
};

int main()
{
    MyClass1^ myClass1 = gcnew MyClass1;
   
    // Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from an object.
    RuntimeTypeHandle myRTHFromObject = Type::GetTypeHandle( myClass1 );
   
    // Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from a type.
    RuntimeTypeHandle myRTHFromType = MyClass1::typeid->TypeHandle;

    Console::WriteLine( "\nmyRTHFromObject.Value:  {0}", myRTHFromObject.Value );
    Console::WriteLine( "myRTHFromObject.GetType():  {0}", myRTHFromObject.GetType() );
    Console::WriteLine( "Get the type back from the handle..." );
    Console::WriteLine( "Type::GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject):  {0}", 
        Type::GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject) );

    Console::WriteLine( "\nmyRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType):  {0}", 
        myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType) );

    Console::WriteLine( "\nmyRTHFromType.Value:  {0}", myRTHFromType.Value );
    Console::WriteLine( "myRTHFromType.GetType():  {0}", myRTHFromType.GetType() );
    Console::WriteLine( "Get the type back from the handle..." );
    Console::WriteLine( "Type::GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType):  {0}", 
        Type::GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType) );
}

/* This code example produces output similar to the following:

myRTHFromObject.Value:  3295832
myRTHFromObject.GetType():  System.RuntimeTypeHandle
Get the type back from the handle...
Type::GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject):  MyClass1

myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType):  True

myRTHFromType.Value:  3295832
myRTHFromType.GetType():  System.RuntimeTypeHandle
Get the type back from the handle...
Type::GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType):  MyClass1
 */

using System;
using System.Reflection;

public class MyClass1
{
    private int x=0;
    public int MyMethod()
    {
        return x;
    }
}

public class MyClass2
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        MyClass1 myClass1 = new MyClass1();

        // Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from an object.
        RuntimeTypeHandle myRTHFromObject = Type.GetTypeHandle(myClass1);
        // Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from a type.
        RuntimeTypeHandle myRTHFromType = typeof(MyClass1).TypeHandle;

        Console.WriteLine("\nmyRTHFromObject.Value:  {0}", myRTHFromObject.Value);
        Console.WriteLine("myRTHFromObject.GetType():  {0}", myRTHFromObject.GetType());
        Console.WriteLine("Get the type back from the handle...");
        Console.WriteLine("Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject):  {0}",
            Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject));

        Console.WriteLine("\nmyRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType):  {0}",
            myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType));

        Console.WriteLine("\nmyRTHFromType.Value:  {0}", myRTHFromType.Value);
        Console.WriteLine("myRTHFromType.GetType():  {0}", myRTHFromType.GetType());
        Console.WriteLine("Get the type back from the handle...");
        Console.WriteLine("Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType):  {0}",
            Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType));
    }
}

/* This code example produces output similar to the following:

myRTHFromObject.Value:  799464
myRTHFromObject.GetType():  System.RuntimeTypeHandle
Get the type back from the handle...
Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject):  MyClass1

myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType):  True

myRTHFromType.Value:  799464
myRTHFromType.GetType():  System.RuntimeTypeHandle
Get the type back from the handle...
Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType):  MyClass1
 */

open System

type MyClass1() =
    let x = 0
    member _.MyMethod() =
        x

let myClass1 = MyClass1()

// Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from an object.
let myRTHFromObject = Type.GetTypeHandle myClass1
// Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from a type.
let myRTHFromType = typeof<MyClass1>.TypeHandle

printfn $"\nmyRTHFromObject.Value:  {myRTHFromObject.Value}"
printfn $"myRTHFromObject.GetType():  {myRTHFromObject.GetType()}"
printfn "Get the type back from the handle..."
printfn $"Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject):  {Type.GetTypeFromHandle myRTHFromObject}"

printfn $"\nmyRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType):  {myRTHFromObject.Equals myRTHFromType}"

printfn $"\nmyRTHFromType.Value:  {myRTHFromType.Value}"
printfn $"myRTHFromType.GetType():  {myRTHFromType.GetType()}"
printfn "Get the type back from the handle..."
printfn $"Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType):  {Type.GetTypeFromHandle myRTHFromType}"

// This code example produces output similar to the following:
//     myRTHFromObject.Value:  799464
//     myRTHFromObject.GetType():  System.RuntimeTypeHandle
//     Get the type back from the handle...
//     Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject):  MyClass1
//    
//     myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType):  True
//    
//     myRTHFromType.Value:  799464
//     myRTHFromType.GetType():  System.RuntimeTypeHandle
//     Get the type back from the handle...
//     Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType):  MyClass1

Imports System.Reflection

Public Class MyClass1
    Private x As Integer = 0
   
    Public Function MyMethod() As Integer
        Return x
    End Function 'MyMethod
End Class 

Public Class MyClass2
   
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim myClass1 As New MyClass1()
      
        ' Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from an object.
        Dim myRTHFromObject As RuntimeTypeHandle = Type.GetTypeHandle(myClass1)
        ' Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from a type.
        Dim myRTHFromType As RuntimeTypeHandle = GetType(MyClass1).TypeHandle
      
        Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "myRTHFromObject.Value:  {0}", _
            myRTHFromObject.Value)
        Console.WriteLine("myRTHFromObject.GetType():  {0}", _
            myRTHFromObject.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine("Get the type back from the handle...")
        Console.WriteLine("Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject):  {0}", _
            Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject))

        Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType):  {0}", _
            myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType))

        Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "myRTHFromType.Value:  {0}", _
            myRTHFromType.Value)
        Console.WriteLine("myRTHFromType.GetType():  {0}", _
            myRTHFromType.GetType())
        Console.WriteLine("Get the type back from the handle...")
        Console.WriteLine("Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType):  {0}", _
            Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType))
    End Sub 
End Class 

' This code example produces output similar to the following:
'
'myRTHFromObject.Value:  7549720
'myRTHFromObject.GetType():  System.RuntimeTypeHandle
'Get the type back from the handle...
'Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject):  MyClass1
'
'myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType):  True
'
'myRTHFromType.Value:  7549720
'myRTHFromType.GetType():  System.RuntimeTypeHandle
'Get the type back from the handle...
'Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType):  MyClass1

Properties

Value

Gets a handle to the type represented by this instance.

Methods

Equals(Object)	Indicates whether the specified object is equal to the current RuntimeTypeHandle structure.
Equals(RuntimeTypeHandle)	Indicates whether the specified RuntimeTypeHandle structure is equal to the current RuntimeTypeHandle structure.
FromIntPtr(IntPtr)	Returns a new RuntimeTypeHandle object created from a handle to a RuntimeType.
GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code for the current instance.
GetModuleHandle()	Gets a handle to the module that contains the type represented by the current instance.
GetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)	Obsolete. Populates a SerializationInfo with the data necessary to deserialize the type represented by the current instance.
ToIntPtr(RuntimeTypeHandle)	Returns the internal pointer representation of a RuntimeTypeHandle object.

Operators

Equality(Object, RuntimeTypeHandle)	Indicates whether an object and a RuntimeTypeHandle structure are equal.
Equality(RuntimeTypeHandle, Object)	Indicates whether a RuntimeTypeHandle structure is equal to an object.
Inequality(Object, RuntimeTypeHandle)	Indicates whether an object and a RuntimeTypeHandle structure are not equal.
Inequality(RuntimeTypeHandle, Object)	Indicates whether a RuntimeTypeHandle structure is not equal to an object.