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MemberExpression Class

Represents accessing a field or property.

Namespace:  System.Linq.Expressions
Assembly:  System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
Syntax

'Usage

Dim instance As MemberExpression

'Declaration

Public NotInheritable Class MemberExpression _
    Inherits Expression
Remarks

Use the Field, Property or PropertyOrField factory methods to create a MemberExpression.

The value of the NodeType property of a MemberExpression is MemberAccess.

Examples

The following example creates a MemberExpression that represents getting the value of a field member.

Class Animal
    Dim species As String
End Class

Shared Sub CreateFieldExpression()
    Dim horse As New Animal

    ' Create a MemberExpression that represents getting
    ' the value of the 'species' field of class 'Animal'.
    Dim memberExpression As System.Linq.Expressions.MemberExpression = _
        System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Field( _
            System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Constant(horse), _
            "species")

    Console.WriteLine(memberExpression.ToString())

    ' This code produces the following output:
    '
    ' value(ExpressionVB.FieldExample+Animal).species
End Sub


Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System.Linq.Expressions..::.Expression
    System.Linq.Expressions..::.MemberExpression
Thread Safety

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

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5
See Also

Reference

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