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.NET Framework Class Library
MemberInfo..::.MemberType Property

When overridden in a derived class, gets a MemberTypes value indicating the type of the member — method, constructor, event, and so on.

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property MemberType As MemberTypes
	Get
public abstract MemberTypes MemberType { get; }
public:
virtual property MemberTypes MemberType {
	MemberTypes get () abstract;
}
abstract MemberType : MemberTypes

Property Value

Type: System.Reflection..::.MemberTypes
A MemberTypes value indicating the type of member.

Implements

_MemberInfo..::.MemberType
Remarks

This property is overridden in derived classes, and the override returns the appropriate member type. Therefore, when you examine a set of MemberInfo objects — for example, the array returned by GetMembers — the MemberType property can be used to determine the member type of any given member.

To get the MemberType property, get the class Type. From the Type, get the MethodInfo array. From the MethodInfo array, get the MemberTypes.

Examples

The following example displays the member name and type of a specified class.


Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Class Mymemberinfo

    Public Shared Function Main() As Integer
        Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Reflection.MemberInfo")

        ' Get the Type and MemberInfo.
        Dim MyType As Type = Type.GetType("System.Reflection.PropertyInfo")
        Dim Mymemberinfoarray As MemberInfo() = MyType.GetMembers()

        ' Get the MemberType method and display the elements.
        Console.Write(ControlChars.Cr + "There are {0} members in ", _
           Mymemberinfoarray.GetLength(0))
        Console.Write("{0}.", MyType.FullName)

        Dim counter As Integer
        For counter = 0 To Mymemberinfoarray.Length - 1
            Console.Write(ControlChars.CrLf + counter.ToString() + ". " _
               + Mymemberinfoarray(counter).Name _
               + " Member type - " _
               + Mymemberinfoarray(counter).MemberType.ToString())
        Next counter
        Return 0
    End Function
End Class


using System;
using System.Reflection;

class Mymemberinfo
{
    public static int Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine ("\nReflection.MemberInfo");

        // Get the Type and MemberInfo.
        Type MyType = Type.GetType("System.Reflection.PropertyInfo");
        MemberInfo[] Mymemberinfoarray = MyType.GetMembers();

        // Get the MemberType method and display the elements.
        Console.Write("\nThere are {0} members in ", Mymemberinfoarray.GetLength(0));
        Console.Write("{0}.", MyType.FullName);

        for (int counter = 0; counter < Mymemberinfoarray.Length; counter++)
        {
            Console.Write("\n" + counter + ". " 
                + Mymemberinfoarray[counter].Name
                + " Member type - " +
                Mymemberinfoarray[counter].MemberType.ToString());
        }
        return 0;
    }
}



using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "\nReflection.MemberInfo" );

   // Get the Type and MemberInfo.
   Type^ MyType = Type::GetType( "System.Reflection.PropertyInfo" );
   array<MemberInfo^>^Mymemberinfoarray = MyType->GetMembers();

   // Get the MemberType method and display the elements.
   Console::Write( "\nThere are {0} members in ", Mymemberinfoarray->GetLength( 0 ) );
   Console::Write( "{0}.", MyType->FullName );
   for ( int counter = 0; counter < Mymemberinfoarray->Length; counter++ )
   {
      Console::Write( "\n{0}. {1} Member type - {2}", counter, Mymemberinfoarray[ counter ]->Name, Mymemberinfoarray[ counter ]->MemberType );

   }
   return 0;
}


Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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