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Type.IsContextful Property

Gets a value indicating whether the Type can be hosted in a context.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property IsContextful As Boolean
'Usage
Dim instance As Type
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.IsContextful

/** @property */
public final boolean get_IsContextful ()

public final function get IsContextful () : boolean

Property Value

true if the Type can be hosted in a context; otherwise, false.

A context intercepts calls to the class members and enforces policies that are applied to the class, such as synchronization. For more detailed information on remoting contexts, see Context.

If the current Type represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method, this property always returns false.

The following example demonstrates the IsContextful, IsMarshalByRef, and IsPrimitive properties of the Type class. It checks whether the given type can be hosted in the context, whether it can be marshaled by reference, and whether the type is a primitive data type.

Imports System
Imports System.Runtime.Remoting.Contexts
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Public Class MyContextBoundClass
    Inherits ContextBoundObject
    Public myString As String = "This class demonstrates the IsContextful, IsMarshalByRef, and IsPrimitive properties."
End Class 'MyContextBoundClass
Public Class MyTypeDemoClass
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Try
            ' Determine whether the types can be hosted in a Context.
            Console.WriteLine("The Contextful property for the {0} type is {1}.", GetType(MyTypeDemoClass).Name, GetType(MyTypeDemoClass).IsContextful.ToString())
            Console.WriteLine("The Contextful property for the {0} type is {1}.", GetType(MyContextBoundClass).Name, GetType(MyContextBoundClass).IsContextful.ToString())
            ' Determine whether the types are marshalled by reference.
            Console.WriteLine("The MarshalByRef property of {0} is {1}.", GetType(MyTypeDemoClass).Name, GetType(MyTypeDemoClass).IsMarshalByRef.ToString())
            Console.WriteLine("The MarshalByRef property of {0} is {1}.", GetType(MyContextBoundClass).Name, GetType(MyContextBoundClass).IsMarshalByRef.ToString())
            ' Determine whether the types are primitive datatypes.
            Console.WriteLine("Is {0} a primitive data type? {1}.", GetType(Integer).Name, GetType(Integer).IsPrimitive.ToString())
            Console.WriteLine("Is {0} a primitive data type? {1}.", GetType(String).Name, GetType(String).IsPrimitive.ToString())
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred: " + e.Message.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'MyTypeDemoClass

import System.*;
import System.Runtime.Remoting.Contexts.*;

public class MyContextBoundClass extends ContextBoundObject
{
    public String myString = "This class demonstrates the IsContextful, "
        +"IsMarshalByRef, and IsPrimitive properties.";
} //MyContextBoundClass

public class MyTypeDemoClass
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try {
            // Determine whether the types can be hosted in a Context.
            Console.WriteLine("The IsContextful property for the"
                +" {0} type is {1}.", MyTypeDemoClass.class.ToType().get_Name(),
                System.Convert.ToString(MyTypeDemoClass.class.ToType().
                get_IsContextful()));
            Console.WriteLine("The IsContextful property for the"
                +" {0} type is {1}.", MyContextBoundClass.class.ToType().
                get_Name(), System.Convert.ToString(MyContextBoundClass.class.
                ToType().get_IsContextful()));

            // Determine whether the types are marshalled by reference.
            Console.WriteLine("The MarshalByRef property of {0} is {1}.",
                MyTypeDemoClass.class.ToType().get_Name(),
                System.Convert.ToString(MyTypeDemoClass.class.ToType().
                get_IsMarshalByRef()));
            Console.WriteLine("The MarshalByRef property of {0} is {1}.",
                MyContextBoundClass.class.ToType().get_Name(),
                System.Convert.ToString(MyContextBoundClass.class.ToType().
                get_IsMarshalByRef()));

            // Determine whether the types are primitive datatypes.
            Console.WriteLine("Is {0} is a primitive data type? {1}.",
                int.class.ToType().get_Name(),
                System.Convert.ToString(int.class.ToType().get_IsPrimitive()));
            Console.WriteLine("Is {0} a primitive data type? {1}.",
                String.class.ToType().get_Name(),System.Convert.ToString(
                String.class.ToType().get_IsPrimitive()));
        }
        catch (System.Exception e) {
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred: " + e.get_Message());
        }
    } //main
} //MyTypeDemoClass

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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