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CodeTypeReferenceExpression Class

Represents a reference to a data type.

System.Object
  System.CodeDom.CodeObject
    System.CodeDom.CodeExpression
      System.CodeDom.CodeTypeReferenceExpression

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

The CodeTypeReferenceExpression type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method CodeTypeReferenceExpression() Initializes a new instance of the CodeTypeReferenceExpression class.
Public method CodeTypeReferenceExpression(CodeTypeReference) Initializes a new instance of the CodeTypeReferenceExpression class using the specified type.
Public method CodeTypeReferenceExpression(String) Initializes a new instance of the CodeTypeReferenceExpression class using the specified data type name.
Public method CodeTypeReferenceExpression(Type) Initializes a new instance of the CodeTypeReferenceExpression class using the specified data type.
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  Name Description
Public property Type Gets or sets the data type to reference.
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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CodeTypeReferenceExpression can be used to reference a particular data type.

The Type property specifies the data type to reference.

The following example demonstrates use of a CodeTypeReferenceExpression to represent a reference to a type.


            // Creates an expression referencing the System.DateTime type.
            CodeTypeReferenceExpression typeRef1 = new CodeTypeReferenceExpression("System.DateTime");

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

            // Generate code and send the output to the console
            provider.GenerateCodeFromExpression(typeRef1, Console.Out, new CodeGeneratorOptions());
            // The code generator produces the following source code for the preceeding example code:

            //    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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