Gets the Type with the specified name.

Overload List

Gets the Type with the specified name, performing a case-sensitive search.

Supported by the .NET Compact Framework.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Shared Function GetType(String) As Type

[C#] public static Type GetType(string);

[C++] public: static Type* GetType(String*);

[JScript] public static function GetType(String) : Type;

Gets the Type with the specified name, performing a case-sensitive search and specifying whether to throw an exception if an error occurs while loading the Type.

Supported by the .NET Compact Framework.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Shared Function GetType(String, Boolean) As Type

[C#] public static Type GetType(string, bool);

[C++] public: static Type* GetType(String*, bool);

[JScript] public static function GetType(String, Boolean) : Type;

Gets the Type with the specified name, specifying whether to perform a case-sensitive search and whether to throw an exception if an error occurs while loading the Type.

Supported by the .NET Compact Framework.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Shared Function GetType(String, Boolean, Boolean) As Type

[C#] public static Type GetType(string, bool, bool);

[C++] public: static Type* GetType(String*, bool, bool);

[JScript] public static function GetType(String, Boolean, Boolean) : Type;

Inherited from Object.

Supported by the .NET Compact Framework.

[Visual Basic] Overloads Public Function GetType() As Type

[C#] public Type GetType();

[C++] public: Type* GetType();

[JScript] public function GetType() : Type;

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following example retrieves the type of System.Int32 and uses that type object to display the FullName property of System.Int32. If a type object refers to an assembly that does not exist, this example throws an exception.

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] Note   This example shows how to use one of the overloaded versions of GetType. For other examples that might be available, see the individual overload topics.

[Visual Basic] 
Imports System
Namespace MyTypeNameSpace
    Class MyClass1
        Public Shared Sub Main()
            Try
                ' Get the type of the specified class.
                Dim myType1 As Type = Type.GetType("System.Int32")
                Console.WriteLine("The full name is {0}.", myType1.FullName)
                ' Since NoneSuch does not exist in this assembly, GetType throws a TypeLoadException.
                Dim myType2 As Type = Type.GetType("NoneSuch", True)
                Console.WriteLine("The full name is {0}.", myType2.FullName)
            Catch e As TypeLoadException
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message.ToString())
            Catch e As Exception
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message.ToString())
            End Try
        End Sub 'Main
    End Class 'MyClass1
End Namespace 'MyTypeNameSpace

[C#] 
using System;
namespace MyTypeNameSpace
{
    class MyClass
    {
        public static void Main(string[] arg)
        {
            try
            {
                // Get the type of a specified class.
                Type myType1 = Type.GetType("System.Int32");
                Console.WriteLine("The full name is {0}.", myType1.FullName);
                // Since NoneSuch does not exist in this assembly, GetType throws a TypeLoadException.
                Type myType2 = Type.GetType("NoneSuch", true);
                Console.WriteLine("The full name is {0}.", myType2.FullName);
            }
            catch(TypeLoadException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

[C++] 
#using <mscorlib.dll>

using namespace System;

int main() {
   try {
      // Get the type of a specified class.
      Type*  myType1 = Type::GetType(S"System.Int32");
      Console::WriteLine(S"The full name is {0}.", myType1->FullName);
      // Since NoneSuch does not exist in this assembly, GetType throws a TypeLoadException.
      Type*  myType2 = Type::GetType(S"NoneSuch", true);
      Console::WriteLine(S"The full name is {0}.", myType2->FullName);
   } catch (TypeLoadException* e) {
      Console::WriteLine(e->Message);
   } catch (Exception* e) {
      Console::WriteLine(e->Message);
   }
}

[JScript] No example is available for JScript. To view a Visual Basic, C#, or C++ example, click the Language Filter button in the upper-left corner of the page.

See Also

Type Class | Type Members | System Namespace