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

Gets the name of the current member.

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

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A String containing the name of this member.

Implements

_MemberInfo..::.Name
Remarks

Only the simple name of the member is returned, not the fully qualified name.

To get the Name property, get the class Type. From the Type, get the MemberInfo array. From a MemberInfo element of the array, obtain the Name property.

Examples

This example lists the Name and DeclaringType property of each member of the specified class.


Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Class Mymemberinfo
    Public Shared Function Main() As Integer
        Console.WriteLine("Reflection.MemberInfo")

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

        ' Get and display the DeclaringType method.
        Console.WriteLine("There are {0} members in {1}", Mymemberinfoarray.GetLength(0), MyType.FullName)

        Dim Mymemberinfo As MemberInfo
        For Each Mymemberinfo In Mymemberinfoarray
            Console.WriteLine(Mymemberinfo.Name & " declaring type - " & Mymemberinfo.DeclaringType.ToString())
        Next Mymemberinfo

        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.Empty");
        MemberInfo[] Mymemberinfoarray = MyType.GetMembers();

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

        foreach (MemberInfo Mymemberinfo in Mymemberinfoarray)
        {
            Console.Write("\n" + Mymemberinfo.Name
                + " declaring type - " +
                Mymemberinfo.DeclaringType);
        }

        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.Empty" );
   array<MemberInfo^>^Mymemberinfoarray = MyType->GetMembers();

   // Get and display the DeclaringType method.
   Console::Write( "\nThere are {0} members in ", Mymemberinfoarray->GetLength( 0 ) );
   Console::Write( "{0}.", MyType->FullName );
   System::Collections::IEnumerator^ enum0 = Mymemberinfoarray->GetEnumerator();
   while ( enum0->MoveNext() )
   {
      MemberInfo^ Mymemberinfo = safe_cast<MemberInfo^>(enum0->Current);
      Console::Write( "\n{0} declaring type - {1}", Mymemberinfo->Name, Mymemberinfo->DeclaringType );
   }
}


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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