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MemberExpression Class

Updated: November 2007

Represents accessing a field or property.

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

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public NotInheritable Class MemberExpression _
    Inherits Expression
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As MemberExpression
C#
public sealed class MemberExpression : Expression
Visual C++
public ref class MemberExpression sealed : public Expression
J#
public final class MemberExpression extends Expression
JScript
public final class MemberExpression extends Expression

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

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

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

Visual Basic
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

C#
class Animal
{
    public string species;
}

public static void CreateFieldExpression()
{
    Animal horse = new Animal();

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

    Console.WriteLine(memberExpression.ToString());

    // This code produces the following output:
    //
    // value(CodeSnippets.FieldExample+Animal).species
}

System..::.Object
  System.Linq.Expressions..::.Expression
    System.Linq.Expressions..::.MemberExpression
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, 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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5
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