_Assembly.GetType Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:

mscorlib.dll

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetType methods.

Overloads

GetType(String, Boolean, Boolean)	Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetType(String, Boolean, Boolean) method.
GetType(String, Boolean)	Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetType(String, Boolean) method.
GetType()	Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetType() method.
GetType(String)	Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetType(String) method.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

The GetType methods get the Type object that represents the specified type.

GetType(String, Boolean, Boolean)

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetType(String, Boolean, Boolean) method.

public:
 Type ^ GetType(System::String ^ name, bool throwOnError, bool ignoreCase);

public Type GetType (string name, bool throwOnError, bool ignoreCase);

abstract member GetType : string * bool * bool -> Type

Public Function GetType (name As String, throwOnError As Boolean, ignoreCase As Boolean) As Type

Parameters

name

String

The full name of the type.

throwOnError

Boolean

true to throw an exception if the type is not found; false to return null.

ignoreCase

Boolean

true to ignore the case of the type name; otherwise, false.

Returns

Type

A Type object that represents the specified class.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

The GetType method gets the Type object with the specified name in the assembly instance, with the options of ignoring the case, and of throwing an exception if the type is not found.

See also

• GetType(String, Boolean, Boolean)

GetType(String, Boolean)

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetType(String, Boolean) method.

public:
 Type ^ GetType(System::String ^ name, bool throwOnError);

public Type GetType (string name, bool throwOnError);

abstract member GetType : string * bool -> Type

Public Function GetType (name As String, throwOnError As Boolean) As Type

Parameters

name

String

The full name of the type.

throwOnError

Boolean

true to throw an exception if the type is not found; false to return null.

Returns

Type

A Type object that represents the specified class.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

The GetType method gets the Type object with the specified name in the assembly instance and optionally throws an exception if the type is not found.

See also

• GetType(String, Boolean)

GetType()

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetType() method.

public:
 Type ^ GetType();

public Type GetType ();

abstract member GetType : unit -> Type

Public Function GetType () As Type

Returns

Type

A Type object.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

The GetType method gets the type of the current instance.

See also

• GetType()

GetType(String)

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the GetType(String) method.

public:
 Type ^ GetType(System::String ^ name);

public Type GetType (string name);

abstract member GetType : string -> Type

Public Function GetType (name As String) As Type

Parameters

name

String

The full name of the type.

Returns

Type

A Type object that represents the specified class, or null if the class is not found.

Remarks

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

The GetType method gets the Type object with the specified name in the assembly instance.

See also

• GetType(String)