IMetaDataImport::FindTypeDefByName Method

Gets a pointer to the TypeDef metadata token for the Type with the specified name.

HRESULT FindTypeDefByName
      [in]  LPCWSTR       szTypeDef,
      [in]  mdToken       tkEnclosingClass,
      [out] mdTypeDef     *ptd
);

Parameters

• szTypeDef
  [in] The name of the type for which to get the TypeDef token.

• tkEnclosingClass
  [in] A TypeDef or TypeRef token representing the enclosing class. If the type to find is not a nested class, set this value to NULL.

• ptd
  [out] A pointer to the matching TypeDef token.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family

Header: Cor.h

Library: Included as a resource in MsCorEE.dll

.NET Framework Version: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

See Also

Concepts

IMetaDataImport Interface

IMetaDataImport2 Interface