TypeBuilder.DefineProperty Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Reflection.Emit

Assembly:

System.Reflection.Emit.dll

Adds a new property to the type.

Overloads

DefineProperty(String, PropertyAttributes, Type, Type[])	Adds a new property to the type, with the given name and property signature.
DefineProperty(String, PropertyAttributes, CallingConventions, Type, Type[])	Adds a new property to the type, with the given name, attributes, calling convention, and property signature.
DefineProperty(String, PropertyAttributes, Type, Type[], Type[], Type[], Type[][], Type[][])	Adds a new property to the type, with the given name, property signature, and custom modifiers.
DefineProperty(String, PropertyAttributes, CallingConventions, Type, Type[], Type[], Type[], Type[][], Type[][])	Adds a new property to the type, with the given name, calling convention, property signature, and custom modifiers.

DefineProperty(String, PropertyAttributes, Type, Type[])

Source:

TypeBuilder.cs

Adds a new property to the type, with the given name and property signature.

public:
 System::Reflection::Emit::PropertyBuilder ^ DefineProperty(System::String ^ name, System::Reflection::PropertyAttributes attributes, Type ^ returnType, cli::array <Type ^> ^ parameterTypes);

public System.Reflection.Emit.PropertyBuilder DefineProperty (string name, System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes attributes, Type? returnType, Type[]? parameterTypes);

member this.DefineProperty : string * System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes * Type * Type[] -> System.Reflection.Emit.PropertyBuilder

Public Function DefineProperty (name As String, attributes As PropertyAttributes, returnType As Type, parameterTypes As Type()) As PropertyBuilder

Parameters

name

String

The name of the property. name cannot contain embedded nulls.

attributes

PropertyAttributes

The attributes of the property.

returnType

Type

The return type of the property.

parameterTypes

Type[]

The types of the parameters of the property.

Returns

PropertyBuilder

The defined property.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The length of name is zero.

ArgumentNullException

name is null.

-or-

Any of the elements of the parameterTypes array is null.

InvalidOperationException

The type was previously created using CreateType().

Examples

The following code sample demonstrates how to define a dynamic property and obtain a PropertyBuilder for specification. Note that a PropertyBuilder must also have a corresponding MethodBuilder, which will house the IL logic for the property.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Threading;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Reflection::Emit;
Type^ BuildDynamicTypeWithProperties()
{
   AppDomain^ myDomain = Thread::GetDomain();
   AssemblyName^ myAsmName = gcnew AssemblyName;
   myAsmName->Name = "MyDynamicAssembly";
   
   // To generate a persistable assembly, specify AssemblyBuilderAccess::RunAndSave.
   AssemblyBuilder^ myAsmBuilder = 
       myDomain->DefineDynamicAssembly( myAsmName, AssemblyBuilderAccess::RunAndSave );
   
   // Generate a persistable single-module assembly.
   ModuleBuilder^ myModBuilder = 
       myAsmBuilder->DefineDynamicModule( myAsmName->Name, myAsmName->Name + ".dll" );
   TypeBuilder^ myTypeBuilder = myModBuilder->DefineType( "CustomerData", TypeAttributes::Public );

   // Define a private field to hold the property value.
   FieldBuilder^ customerNameBldr = myTypeBuilder->DefineField( "customerName", String::typeid, FieldAttributes::Private );
   
   // The last argument of DefineProperty is an empty array of Type
   // objects, because the property has no parameters. (Alternatively,
   // you can specify a null value.)
   PropertyBuilder^ custNamePropBldr = 
       myTypeBuilder->DefineProperty( "CustomerName", PropertyAttributes::HasDefault, String::typeid, gcnew array<Type^>(0) );
   
   // The property set and property get methods require a special
   // set of attributes.
   MethodAttributes getSetAttr = 
       MethodAttributes::Public | MethodAttributes::SpecialName |
           MethodAttributes::HideBySig;

   // Define the "get" accessor method for CustomerName.
   MethodBuilder^ custNameGetPropMthdBldr = 
       myTypeBuilder->DefineMethod( "get_CustomerName", 
                                    getSetAttr,
                                    String::typeid, 
                                    Type::EmptyTypes );

   ILGenerator^ custNameGetIL = custNameGetPropMthdBldr->GetILGenerator();
   custNameGetIL->Emit( OpCodes::Ldarg_0 );
   custNameGetIL->Emit( OpCodes::Ldfld, customerNameBldr );
   custNameGetIL->Emit( OpCodes::Ret );
   
   // Define the "set" accessor method for CustomerName.
   array<Type^>^temp2 = {String::typeid};
   MethodBuilder^ custNameSetPropMthdBldr = 
       myTypeBuilder->DefineMethod( "set_CustomerName", 
                                    getSetAttr,
                                    nullptr, 
                                    temp2 );

   ILGenerator^ custNameSetIL = custNameSetPropMthdBldr->GetILGenerator();
   custNameSetIL->Emit( OpCodes::Ldarg_0 );
   custNameSetIL->Emit( OpCodes::Ldarg_1 );
   custNameSetIL->Emit( OpCodes::Stfld, customerNameBldr );
   custNameSetIL->Emit( OpCodes::Ret );
   
   // Last, we must map the two methods created above to our PropertyBuilder to
   // their corresponding behaviors, "get" and "set" respectively.
   custNamePropBldr->SetGetMethod( custNameGetPropMthdBldr );
   custNamePropBldr->SetSetMethod( custNameSetPropMthdBldr );

   Type^ retval = myTypeBuilder->CreateType();

   // Save the assembly so it can be examined with Ildasm.exe,
   // or referenced by a test program.
   myAsmBuilder->Save(myAsmName->Name + ".dll");
   return retval;
}

int main()
{
   Type^ custDataType = BuildDynamicTypeWithProperties();
   array<PropertyInfo^>^custDataPropInfo = custDataType->GetProperties();
   System::Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = custDataPropInfo->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
   {
      PropertyInfo^ pInfo = safe_cast<PropertyInfo^>(myEnum->Current);
      Console::WriteLine( "Property '{0}' created!", pInfo );
   }

   Console::WriteLine( "---" );
   
   // Note that when invoking a property, you need to use the proper BindingFlags -
   // BindingFlags::SetProperty when you invoke the "set" behavior, and
   // BindingFlags::GetProperty when you invoke the "get" behavior. Also note that
   // we invoke them based on the name we gave the property, as expected, and not
   // the name of the methods we bound to the specific property behaviors.
   Object^ custData = Activator::CreateInstance( custDataType );
   array<Object^>^temp3 = {"Joe User"};
   custDataType->InvokeMember( "CustomerName", BindingFlags::SetProperty, nullptr, custData, temp3 );
   Console::WriteLine( "The customerName field of instance custData has been set to '{0}'.", custDataType->InvokeMember( "CustomerName", BindingFlags::GetProperty, nullptr, custData, gcnew array<Object^>(0) ) );
}

// --- O U T P U T ---
// The output should be as follows:
// -------------------
// Property 'System.String CustomerName' created!
// ---
// The customerName field of instance custData has been set to 'Joe User'.
// -------------------

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.Emit;

class PropertyBuilderDemo
{
   public static Type BuildDynamicTypeWithProperties()
   {
        AppDomain myDomain = Thread.GetDomain();
        AssemblyName myAsmName = new AssemblyName();
        myAsmName.Name = "MyDynamicAssembly";

        // To generate a persistable assembly, specify AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave.
        AssemblyBuilder myAsmBuilder = myDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(myAsmName,
                                                        AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave);
        // Generate a persistable single-module assembly.
        ModuleBuilder myModBuilder =
            myAsmBuilder.DefineDynamicModule(myAsmName.Name, myAsmName.Name + ".dll");

        TypeBuilder myTypeBuilder = myModBuilder.DefineType("CustomerData",
                                                        TypeAttributes.Public);

        FieldBuilder customerNameBldr = myTypeBuilder.DefineField("customerName",
                                                        typeof(string),
                                                        FieldAttributes.Private);

        // The last argument of DefineProperty is null, because the
        // property has no parameters. (If you don't specify null, you must
        // specify an array of Type objects. For a parameterless property,
        // use an array with no elements: new Type[] {})
        PropertyBuilder custNamePropBldr = myTypeBuilder.DefineProperty("CustomerName",
                                                         PropertyAttributes.HasDefault,
                                                         typeof(string),
                                                         null);

        // The property set and property get methods require a special
        // set of attributes.
        MethodAttributes getSetAttr =
            MethodAttributes.Public | MethodAttributes.SpecialName |
                MethodAttributes.HideBySig;

        // Define the "get" accessor method for CustomerName.
        MethodBuilder custNameGetPropMthdBldr =
            myTypeBuilder.DefineMethod("get_CustomerName",
                                       getSetAttr,
                                       typeof(string),
                                       Type.EmptyTypes);

        ILGenerator custNameGetIL = custNameGetPropMthdBldr.GetILGenerator();

        custNameGetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
        custNameGetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldfld, customerNameBldr);
        custNameGetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

        // Define the "set" accessor method for CustomerName.
        MethodBuilder custNameSetPropMthdBldr =
            myTypeBuilder.DefineMethod("set_CustomerName",
                                       getSetAttr,
                                       null,
                                       new Type[] { typeof(string) });

        ILGenerator custNameSetIL = custNameSetPropMthdBldr.GetILGenerator();

        custNameSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
        custNameSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_1);
        custNameSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Stfld, customerNameBldr);
        custNameSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

        // Last, we must map the two methods created above to our PropertyBuilder to
        // their corresponding behaviors, "get" and "set" respectively.
        custNamePropBldr.SetGetMethod(custNameGetPropMthdBldr);
        custNamePropBldr.SetSetMethod(custNameSetPropMthdBldr);

        Type retval = myTypeBuilder.CreateType();

        // Save the assembly so it can be examined with Ildasm.exe,
        // or referenced by a test program.
        myAsmBuilder.Save(myAsmName.Name + ".dll");
        return retval;
   }

   public static void Main()
   {
        Type custDataType = BuildDynamicTypeWithProperties();

        PropertyInfo[] custDataPropInfo = custDataType.GetProperties();
        foreach (PropertyInfo pInfo in custDataPropInfo) {
           Console.WriteLine("Property '{0}' created!", pInfo.ToString());
        }

        Console.WriteLine("---");
        // Note that when invoking a property, you need to use the proper BindingFlags -
        // BindingFlags.SetProperty when you invoke the "set" behavior, and
        // BindingFlags.GetProperty when you invoke the "get" behavior. Also note that
        // we invoke them based on the name we gave the property, as expected, and not
        // the name of the methods we bound to the specific property behaviors.

        object custData = Activator.CreateInstance(custDataType);
        custDataType.InvokeMember("CustomerName", BindingFlags.SetProperty,
                                      null, custData, new object[]{ "Joe User" });

        Console.WriteLine("The customerName field of instance custData has been set to '{0}'.",
                           custDataType.InvokeMember("CustomerName", BindingFlags.GetProperty,
                                                      null, custData, new object[]{ }));
   }
}

// --- O U T P U T ---
// The output should be as follows:
// -------------------
// Property 'System.String CustomerName' created!
// ---
// The customerName field of instance custData has been set to 'Joe User'.
// -------------------

Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Reflection.Emit

Class PropertyBuilderDemo
   
   Public Shared Function BuildDynamicTypeWithProperties() As Type
      Dim myDomain As AppDomain = Thread.GetDomain()
      Dim myAsmName As New AssemblyName()
      myAsmName.Name = "MyDynamicAssembly"
      
      ' To generate a persistable assembly, specify AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave.
      Dim myAsmBuilder As AssemblyBuilder = myDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(myAsmName, _
                                                        AssemblyBuilderAccess.RunAndSave)
      
      ' Generate a persistable, single-module assembly.
      Dim myModBuilder As ModuleBuilder = _
          myAsmBuilder.DefineDynamicModule(myAsmName.Name, myAsmName.Name & ".dll")
      
      Dim myTypeBuilder As TypeBuilder = myModBuilder.DefineType("CustomerData", TypeAttributes.Public)
      
      ' Define a private field to hold the property value.
      Dim customerNameBldr As FieldBuilder = myTypeBuilder.DefineField("customerName", _
                                             GetType(String), FieldAttributes.Private)
      
      ' The last argument of DefineProperty is Nothing, because the
      ' property has no parameters. (If you don't specify Nothing, you must
      ' specify an array of Type objects. For a parameterless property,
      ' use an array with no elements: New Type() {})
      Dim custNamePropBldr As PropertyBuilder = _
          myTypeBuilder.DefineProperty("CustomerName", _
                                       PropertyAttributes.HasDefault, _
                                       GetType(String), _
                                       Nothing)
      
      ' The property set and property get methods require a special
      ' set of attributes.
      Dim getSetAttr As MethodAttributes = _
          MethodAttributes.Public Or MethodAttributes.SpecialName _
              Or MethodAttributes.HideBySig

      ' Define the "get" accessor method for CustomerName.
      Dim custNameGetPropMthdBldr As MethodBuilder = _
          myTypeBuilder.DefineMethod("GetCustomerName", _
                                     getSetAttr, _
                                     GetType(String), _
                                     Type.EmptyTypes)
      
      Dim custNameGetIL As ILGenerator = custNameGetPropMthdBldr.GetILGenerator()
      
      custNameGetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0)
      custNameGetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldfld, customerNameBldr)
      custNameGetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ret)
      
      ' Define the "set" accessor method for CustomerName.
      Dim custNameSetPropMthdBldr As MethodBuilder = _
          myTypeBuilder.DefineMethod("get_CustomerName", _
                                     getSetAttr, _
                                     Nothing, _
                                     New Type() {GetType(String)})
      
      Dim custNameSetIL As ILGenerator = custNameSetPropMthdBldr.GetILGenerator()
      
      custNameSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0)
      custNameSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_1)
      custNameSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Stfld, customerNameBldr)
      custNameSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ret)
      
      ' Last, we must map the two methods created above to our PropertyBuilder to 
      ' their corresponding behaviors, "get" and "set" respectively. 
      custNamePropBldr.SetGetMethod(custNameGetPropMthdBldr)
      custNamePropBldr.SetSetMethod(custNameSetPropMthdBldr)
            
      Dim retval As Type = myTypeBuilder.CreateType()

      ' Save the assembly so it can be examined with Ildasm.exe,
      ' or referenced by a test program.
      myAsmBuilder.Save(myAsmName.Name & ".dll")
      return retval
   End Function 'BuildDynamicTypeWithProperties
    
   
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim custDataType As Type = BuildDynamicTypeWithProperties()
      
      Dim custDataPropInfo As PropertyInfo() = custDataType.GetProperties()
      Dim pInfo As PropertyInfo
      For Each pInfo In  custDataPropInfo
         Console.WriteLine("Property '{0}' created!", pInfo.ToString())
      Next pInfo
      
      Console.WriteLine("---")
      ' Note that when invoking a property, you need to use the proper BindingFlags -
      ' BindingFlags.SetProperty when you invoke the "set" behavior, and 
      ' BindingFlags.GetProperty when you invoke the "get" behavior. Also note that
      ' we invoke them based on the name we gave the property, as expected, and not
      ' the name of the methods we bound to the specific property behaviors.
      Dim custData As Object = Activator.CreateInstance(custDataType)
      custDataType.InvokeMember("CustomerName", BindingFlags.SetProperty, Nothing, _
                                custData, New Object() {"Joe User"})
      
      Console.WriteLine("The customerName field of instance custData has been set to '{0}'.", _
                        custDataType.InvokeMember("CustomerName", BindingFlags.GetProperty, _
                        Nothing, custData, New Object() {}))
   End Sub
End Class


' --- O U T P U T ---
' The output should be as follows:
' -------------------
' Property 'System.String CustomerName' created!
' ---
' The customerName field of instance custData has been set to 'Joe User'.
' -------------------

DefineProperty(String, PropertyAttributes, CallingConventions, Type, Type[])

Source:

TypeBuilder.cs

Adds a new property to the type, with the given name, attributes, calling convention, and property signature.

public:
 System::Reflection::Emit::PropertyBuilder ^ DefineProperty(System::String ^ name, System::Reflection::PropertyAttributes attributes, System::Reflection::CallingConventions callingConvention, Type ^ returnType, cli::array <Type ^> ^ parameterTypes);

public System.Reflection.Emit.PropertyBuilder DefineProperty (string name, System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes attributes, System.Reflection.CallingConventions callingConvention, Type? returnType, Type[]? parameterTypes);

member this.DefineProperty : string * System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes * System.Reflection.CallingConventions * Type * Type[] -> System.Reflection.Emit.PropertyBuilder

Public Function DefineProperty (name As String, attributes As PropertyAttributes, callingConvention As CallingConventions, returnType As Type, parameterTypes As Type()) As PropertyBuilder

Parameters

name

String

The name of the property. name cannot contain embedded nulls.

attributes

PropertyAttributes

The attributes of the property.

callingConvention

CallingConventions

The calling convention of the property accessors.

returnType

Type

The return type of the property.

parameterTypes

Type[]

The types of the parameters of the property.

Returns

PropertyBuilder

The defined property.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The length of name is zero.

ArgumentNullException

name is null.

-or-

Any of the elements of the parameterTypes array is null.

InvalidOperationException

The type was previously created using CreateType().

DefineProperty(String, PropertyAttributes, Type, Type[], Type[], Type[], Type[][], Type[][])

Source:

TypeBuilder.cs

Adds a new property to the type, with the given name, property signature, and custom modifiers.

public:
 System::Reflection::Emit::PropertyBuilder ^ DefineProperty(System::String ^ name, System::Reflection::PropertyAttributes attributes, Type ^ returnType, cli::array <Type ^> ^ returnTypeRequiredCustomModifiers, cli::array <Type ^> ^ returnTypeOptionalCustomModifiers, cli::array <Type ^> ^ parameterTypes, cli::array <cli::array <Type ^> ^> ^ parameterTypeRequiredCustomModifiers, cli::array <cli::array <Type ^> ^> ^ parameterTypeOptionalCustomModifiers);

public System.Reflection.Emit.PropertyBuilder DefineProperty (string name, System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes attributes, Type? returnType, Type[]? returnTypeRequiredCustomModifiers, Type[]? returnTypeOptionalCustomModifiers, Type[]? parameterTypes, Type[][]? parameterTypeRequiredCustomModifiers, Type[][]? parameterTypeOptionalCustomModifiers);

member this.DefineProperty : string * System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes * Type * Type[] * Type[] * Type[] * Type[][] * Type[][] -> System.Reflection.Emit.PropertyBuilder

Public Function DefineProperty (name As String, attributes As PropertyAttributes, returnType As Type, returnTypeRequiredCustomModifiers As Type(), returnTypeOptionalCustomModifiers As Type(), parameterTypes As Type(), parameterTypeRequiredCustomModifiers As Type()(), parameterTypeOptionalCustomModifiers As Type()()) As PropertyBuilder

Parameters

name

String

The name of the property. name cannot contain embedded nulls.

attributes

PropertyAttributes

The attributes of the property.

returnType

Type

The return type of the property.

returnTypeRequiredCustomModifiers

Type[]

An array of types representing the required custom modifiers, such as IsConst, for the return type of the property. If the return type has no required custom modifiers, specify null.

returnTypeOptionalCustomModifiers

Type[]

An array of types representing the optional custom modifiers, such as IsConst, for the return type of the property. If the return type has no optional custom modifiers, specify null.

parameterTypes

Type[]

The types of the parameters of the property.

parameterTypeRequiredCustomModifiers

Type[][]

An array of arrays of types. Each array of types represents the required custom modifiers for the corresponding parameter, such as IsConst. If a particular parameter has no required custom modifiers, specify null instead of an array of types. If none of the parameters have required custom modifiers, specify null instead of an array of arrays.

parameterTypeOptionalCustomModifiers

Type[][]

An array of arrays of types. Each array of types represents the optional custom modifiers for the corresponding parameter, such as IsConst. If a particular parameter has no optional custom modifiers, specify null instead of an array of types. If none of the parameters have optional custom modifiers, specify null instead of an array of arrays.

Returns

PropertyBuilder

The defined property.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The length of name is zero.

ArgumentNullException

name is null

-or-

Any of the elements of the parameterTypes array is null

InvalidOperationException

The type was previously created using CreateType().

Remarks

This overload is provided for designers of managed compilers.

Note

For more information on custom modifiers, see ECMA C# and Common Language Infrastructure Standards and Standard ECMA-335 - Common Language Infrastructure (CLI).

DefineProperty(String, PropertyAttributes, CallingConventions, Type, Type[], Type[], Type[], Type[][], Type[][])

Source:

TypeBuilder.cs

Adds a new property to the type, with the given name, calling convention, property signature, and custom modifiers.

public:
 System::Reflection::Emit::PropertyBuilder ^ DefineProperty(System::String ^ name, System::Reflection::PropertyAttributes attributes, System::Reflection::CallingConventions callingConvention, Type ^ returnType, cli::array <Type ^> ^ returnTypeRequiredCustomModifiers, cli::array <Type ^> ^ returnTypeOptionalCustomModifiers, cli::array <Type ^> ^ parameterTypes, cli::array <cli::array <Type ^> ^> ^ parameterTypeRequiredCustomModifiers, cli::array <cli::array <Type ^> ^> ^ parameterTypeOptionalCustomModifiers);

public System.Reflection.Emit.PropertyBuilder DefineProperty (string name, System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes attributes, System.Reflection.CallingConventions callingConvention, Type? returnType, Type[]? returnTypeRequiredCustomModifiers, Type[]? returnTypeOptionalCustomModifiers, Type[]? parameterTypes, Type[][]? parameterTypeRequiredCustomModifiers, Type[][]? parameterTypeOptionalCustomModifiers);

member this.DefineProperty : string * System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes * System.Reflection.CallingConventions * Type * Type[] * Type[] * Type[] * Type[][] * Type[][] -> System.Reflection.Emit.PropertyBuilder

Public Function DefineProperty (name As String, attributes As PropertyAttributes, callingConvention As CallingConventions, returnType As Type, returnTypeRequiredCustomModifiers As Type(), returnTypeOptionalCustomModifiers As Type(), parameterTypes As Type(), parameterTypeRequiredCustomModifiers As Type()(), parameterTypeOptionalCustomModifiers As Type()()) As PropertyBuilder

Parameters

name

String

The name of the property. name cannot contain embedded nulls.

attributes

PropertyAttributes

The attributes of the property.

callingConvention

CallingConventions

The calling convention of the property accessors.

returnType

Type

The return type of the property.

returnTypeRequiredCustomModifiers

Type[]

An array of types representing the required custom modifiers, such as IsConst, for the return type of the property. If the return type has no required custom modifiers, specify null.

returnTypeOptionalCustomModifiers

Type[]

An array of types representing the optional custom modifiers, such as IsConst, for the return type of the property. If the return type has no optional custom modifiers, specify null.

parameterTypes

Type[]

The types of the parameters of the property.

parameterTypeRequiredCustomModifiers

Type[][]

An array of arrays of types. Each array of types represents the required custom modifiers for the corresponding parameter, such as IsConst. If a particular parameter has no required custom modifiers, specify null instead of an array of types. If none of the parameters have required custom modifiers, specify null instead of an array of arrays.

parameterTypeOptionalCustomModifiers

Type[][]

An array of arrays of types. Each array of types represents the optional custom modifiers for the corresponding parameter, such as IsConst. If a particular parameter has no optional custom modifiers, specify null instead of an array of types. If none of the parameters have optional custom modifiers, specify null instead of an array of arrays.

Returns

PropertyBuilder

The defined property.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The length of name is zero.

ArgumentNullException

name is null.

-or-

Any of the elements of the parameterTypes array is null.

InvalidOperationException

The type was previously created using CreateType().

Remarks

This overload is provided for designers of managed compilers.

Note

For more information on custom modifiers, see ECMA C# and Common Language Infrastructure Standards and Standard ECMA-335 - Common Language Infrastructure (CLI).

This method overload is introduced in the .NET Framework 3.5 or later.