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CodeTypeOfExpression Class

Represents a typeof expression, an expression that returns a Type for a specified type name.

System.Object
  System.CodeDom.CodeObject
    System.CodeDom.CodeExpression
      System.CodeDom.CodeTypeOfExpression

Namespace:  System.CodeDom
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
[SerializableAttribute]
[ClassInterfaceAttribute(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDispatch)]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class CodeTypeOfExpression : CodeExpression

The CodeTypeOfExpression type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method CodeTypeOfExpression() Initializes a new instance of the CodeTypeOfExpression class.
Public method CodeTypeOfExpression(CodeTypeReference) Initializes a new instance of the CodeTypeOfExpression class.
Public method CodeTypeOfExpression(String) Initializes a new instance of the CodeTypeOfExpression class using the specified type.
Public method CodeTypeOfExpression(Type) Initializes a new instance of the CodeTypeOfExpression class using the specified type.
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  Name Description
Public property Type Gets or sets the data type referenced by the typeof expression.
Public property UserData Gets the user-definable data for the current object. (Inherited from CodeObject.)
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  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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A CodeTypeOfExpression represents a typeof expression that returns a Type at runtime.

The Type property specifies the data type to return a Type object for.

Use CodeTypeReferenceExpression to represent source code that refers to a type by name, such as when creating a CodeCastExpression to cast an object to a name-specified type.

The following example demonstrates use of a CodeTypeOfExpression to represent a typeof expression.


// Creates a reference to the System.DateTime type.
CodeTypeReference typeRef1 = new CodeTypeReference("System.DateTime");

// Creates a typeof expression for the specified type reference.
CodeTypeOfExpression typeof1 = new CodeTypeOfExpression(typeRef1);

// Create a C# code provider
CodeDomProvider provider = CodeDomProvider.CreateProvider("CSharp");

// Generate code and send the output to the console
provider.GenerateCodeFromExpression(typeof1, Console.Out, new CodeGeneratorOptions());
// The code generator produces the following source code for the preceeding example code:
//    typeof(System.DateTime)


.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

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.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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