Gets the class that declares this member.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property DeclaringType As Type
Getpublic abstract Type DeclaringType { get; }public:
virtual property Type^ DeclaringType {
Type^ get () abstract;
}abstract DeclaringType : Type
Implements
_MemberInfoThe DeclaringType property retrieves a reference to the Type object for the type that declares this member. A member of a type is either declared by the type or inherited from a base type, so the Type object returned by the DeclaringType property might not be the same as the Type object used to obtain the current MemberInfo object.
If the Type object from which this MemberInfo object was obtained did not declare this member, the DeclaringType property will represent one of its base types.
If the MemberInfo object is a global member (that is, if it was obtained from the Module
. . :: . GetMethods method, which returns global methods on a module), the returned DeclaringType will benull Nothing nullptr a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) .
The following example shows how DeclaringType works with classes and interfaces and retrieves the member names of the System.IO.BufferedStream class, along with the class in which those members are declared. Also note that when B overrides virtual method M from A, it essentially redefines (or redeclares) this method. Therefore, B.M's MethodInfo reports the declaring type as B rather than A, even though A is where this method was originally declared.
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Reflection
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Namespace MyNamespace1
Interface i
Function MyVar() As Integer
End Interface
' DeclaringType for MyVar is i.
Class A
Implements i
Function MyVar() As Integer Implements i.MyVar
Return 0
End Function
End Class
' DeclaringType for MyVar is A.
Class B
Inherits A
Function MyVars() As Integer
Return 0
End Function
End Class
' DeclaringType for MyVar is B.
Class C
Inherits A
End Class
' DeclaringType for MyVar is A.
End Namespace
Namespace MyNamespace2
Class A
Public Overridable Sub M()
End Sub
End Class
Class B
Inherits A
Public Overrides Sub M()
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Class Mymemberinfo
Public Shared Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr & "Reflection.MemberInfo")
'Get the Type and MemberInfo.
Dim MyType As Type = Type.GetType("System.IO.BufferedStream")
Dim Mymemberinfoarray As MemberInfo() = MyType.GetMembers()
'Get and display the DeclaringType method.
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr & "There are {0} members in {1}.", Mymemberinfoarray.Length, MyType.FullName)
Dim Mymemberinfo As MemberInfo
For Each Mymemberinfo In Mymemberinfoarray
Console.WriteLine("The declaring type of {0} is {1}.", Mymemberinfo.Name, Mymemberinfo.DeclaringType.ToString())
Next Mymemberinfo
End Sub
End Class
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
namespace MyNamespace1
{
interface i
{
int MyVar() ;
};
// DeclaringType for MyVar is i.
class A : i
{
public int MyVar() { return 0; }
};
// DeclaringType for MyVar is A.
class B : A
{
new int MyVar() { return 0; }
};
// DeclaringType for MyVar is B.
class C : A
{
};
// DeclaringType for MyVar is A.
}
namespace MyNamespace2
{
class Mymemberinfo
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine ("\nReflection.MemberInfo");
//Get the Type and MemberInfo.
Type MyType =Type.GetType("System.IO.BufferedStream");
MemberInfo[] Mymemberinfoarray = MyType.GetMembers();
//Get and display the DeclaringType method.
Console.WriteLine("\nThere are {0} members in {1}.", Mymemberinfoarray.Length, MyType.FullName);
foreach (MemberInfo Mymemberinfo in Mymemberinfoarray)
{
Console.WriteLine("Declaring type of {0} is {1}.", Mymemberinfo.Name, Mymemberinfo.DeclaringType);
}
}
}
}
namespace MyNamespace3
{
class A
{
virtual public void M () {}
}
class B: A
{
override public void M () {}
}
}
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Reflection;
namespace MyNamespace1
{
interface class i
{
int MyVar();
};
// DeclaringType for MyVar is i.
ref class A: public i
{
public:
virtual int MyVar()
{
return 0;
}
};
// DeclaringType for MyVar is A.
ref class B: public A
{
private:
int MyVar() new
{
return 0;
}
};
// DeclaringType for MyVar is B.
ref class C: public A{};
}
// DeclaringType for MyVar is A.
int main()
{
Console::WriteLine( "\nReflection.MemberInfo" );
//Get the Type and MemberInfo.
Type^ MyType = Type::GetType( "System.IO.BufferedStream" );
array<MemberInfo^>^Mymemberinfoarray = MyType->GetMembers();
//Get and display the DeclaringType method.
Console::WriteLine( "\nThere are {0} members in {1}.", Mymemberinfoarray->Length, MyType->FullName );
System::Collections::IEnumerator^ enum0 = Mymemberinfoarray->GetEnumerator();
while ( enum0->MoveNext() )
{
MemberInfo^ Mymemberinfo = safe_cast<MemberInfo^>(enum0->Current);
Console::WriteLine( "Declaring type of {0} is {1}.", Mymemberinfo->Name, Mymemberinfo->DeclaringType );
}
}
namespace MyNamespace3
{
ref class A
{
public:
virtual void M(){}
};
ref class B: public A
{
public:
virtual void M() override {}
};
}
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DeclaringType returns only the member names and the names of their declaring types. To return the member names with their prototypes, call MemberInfo.ToString. |
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