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 IsNestedPublic Property

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Type..::.IsNestedPublic Property

Gets a value indicating whether a class is nested and declared public.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public ReadOnly Property IsNestedPublic As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As Type
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.IsNestedPublic
C#
public bool IsNestedPublic { get; }
Visual C++
public:
virtual property bool IsNestedPublic {
    bool get () sealed;
}
JScript
public final function get IsNestedPublic () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if the class is nested and declared public; otherwise, false.

Implements

_Type..::.IsNestedPublic

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

TypeAttributes..::.VisibilityMask selects the visibility attributes.

The following example declares a public nested class and displays its IsNestedPublic property value.

Visual Basic
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
' Enclose a class.
Public Class MyClassA
    ' Public nested class.
    Public Class MyClassB
    End Class 'MyClassB
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' Get the type of the nested class.
        Dim myTypeB As Type = GetType(MyClassA.MyClassB)
        ' Get the IsNestedPublic property of the nested class.
        Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "The IsNestedPublic property value of the nested class is {0}.", myTypeB.IsNestedPublic.ToString())
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'MyClassA

C#
using System;
// Enclose a class.
public class MyClassA
{
    // Public nested class.
    public class MyClassB
    {
    }
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {    
        // Get the type of the nested class.
        Type myTypeB = typeof(MyClassA.MyClassB);
        // Get the IsNestedPublic property of the nested class.
        Console.WriteLine("\nThe IsNestedPublic property value of the nested class is {0}.", myTypeB.IsNestedPublic.ToString());            
    }
}

Visual C++
using namespace System;

// Enclose a class.
public ref class MyClassA
{
public:

   // Public nested class.
   ref class MyClassB{};
};

int main()
{

   // Get the type of the nested class.
   Type^ myTypeB = MyClassA::MyClassB::typeid;

   // Get the IsNestedPublic property of the nested class.
   Console::WriteLine( "\nThe IsNestedPublic property value of the nested class is {0}.", myTypeB->IsNestedPublic.ToString() );
}

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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, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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IsNestedPublic and IsPublic      Steve Lessard [MSFT]   |   Edit   |   Show History

I modified the sample code by adding this line:

        Console.WriteLine("\nThe IsPublic property value of the nested class is {0}.", myTypeB.IsPublic.ToString());            

After compiling and running the test the results lead me to assume that IsPublic and IsNestedPublic will never both be true.

Here is the output from my test run with the modification listed above:

The IsNestedPublic property value of the nested class is True.
The IsPublic property value of the nested class is False.
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