TypedReference Structure

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Describes objects that contain both a managed pointer to a location and a runtime representation of the type that may be stored at that location.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> _
Public Structure TypedReference
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public struct TypedReference

The TypedReference type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals Checks if this object is equal to the specified object. (Overrides ValueType.Equals(Object).)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Returns the hash code of this object. (Overrides ValueType.GetHashCode().)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)

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Remarks

A typed reference is a type/value combination used for varargs and other support. TypedReference is a built-in value type that can be used for parameters and local variables.

Arrays of TypedReference objects cannot be created. For example, the following call is invalid:

Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows CE Platform Note: This structure supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference