Gets a value indicating whether the Type is declared public.
Namespace:
System
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public ReadOnly Property IsPublic As Boolean
Dim instance As Type
Dim value As Boolean
value = instance.IsPublic
public bool IsPublic { get; }
public:
virtual property bool IsPublic {
bool get () sealed;
}
public final function get IsPublic () : boolean
Property Value
Type:
System..::.Boolean
true if the Type is declared public and is not a nested type; otherwise, false.
Implements
_Type..::.IsPublic
Do not use with nested types; use IsNestedPublic instead.
If the current Type represents a type parameter of a generic type, this property returns true.
TypeAttributes..::.VisibilityMask selects the visibility attributes.
The following example creates an instance of MyTestClass, checks for the IsPublic property, and displays the result.
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Namespace SystemType
' Declare MyTestClass as public.
Public Class MyTestClass
End Class 'MyTestClass
Public Class [MyClass]
Public Shared Sub Main()
Try
Dim myBool As Boolean = False
Dim myTestClassInstance As New MyTestClass()
' Get the type of myTestClassInstance.
Dim myType As Type = myTestClassInstance.GetType()
' Get the IsPublic property of myTestClassInstance.
myBool = myType.IsPublic
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Is {0 public? {1}.", myType.FullName, myBool.ToString())
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "An exception occurred: {0}", e.Message.ToString())
End Try
End Sub 'Main
End Class '[MyClass]
End Namespace 'SystemType
using System;
namespace SystemType
{
// Declare MyTestClass as public.
public class MyTestClass
{
}
public class MyClass
{
public static void Main(string []args)
{
try
{
bool myBool = false;
MyTestClass myTestClassInstance = new MyTestClass();
// Get the type of myTestClassInstance.
Type myType = myTestClassInstance.GetType();
// Get the IsPublic property of the myTestClassInstance.
myBool = myType.IsPublic;
Console.WriteLine("\nIs {0} public? {1}.", myType.FullName, myBool.ToString ());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("\nAn exception occurred: {0}", e.Message);
}
}
}
}
using namespace System;
namespace SystemType
{
// Declare MyTestClass as public.
public ref class MyTestClass{};
public ref class MyClass{};
}
int main()
{
try
{
bool myBool = false;
SystemType::MyTestClass^ myTestClassInstance = gcnew SystemType::MyTestClass;
// Get the type of myTestClassInstance.
Type^ myType = myTestClassInstance->GetType();
// Get the IsPublic property of the myTestClassInstance.
myBool = myType->IsPublic;
Console::WriteLine( "\nIs {0} public? {1}.", myType->FullName, myBool.ToString() );
}
catch ( Exception^ e )
{
Console::WriteLine( "\nAn exception occurred: {0}", e->Message );
}
}
For nested classes, ignore the results of IsPublic and IsNotPublic and pay attention only to the results of IsNestedPublic and IsNestedPrivate.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
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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