Type.Assembly Property

public abstract Assembly Assembly { get; }

Implements

If the current Type object represents a constructed generic type, this property returns the assembly that contains the generic type definition. For example, suppose you create an assembly named MyGenerics.dll that contains the generic type definition MyGenericStack<T> (MyGenericStack(Of T) in Visual Basic, generic<T> ref class MyGenericStack in C++). If you create an instance of MyGenericStack<int> (MyGenericStack(Of Integer) in Visual Basic) in another assembly, the Assembly property for the constructed type returns an Assembly object that represents MyGenerics.dll.

Similarly, if the current Type object represents an unassigned generic parameter T, this property returns the assembly that contains the generic type that defines T.

This property is read-only.

The following example displays the assembly name associated with the class and the fully qualified name of the type.

using System;
using System.Reflection;

class MyAssemblyClass
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Type objType = typeof(System.Array);

        // Print the full assembly name.
        Console.WriteLine ("Full assembly name:\n   {0}.", 
                           objType.Assembly.FullName.ToString()); 

        // Print the qualified assembly name.
        Console.WriteLine ("Qualified assembly name:\n   {0}.", 
                           objType.AssemblyQualifiedName.ToString()); 
    }
}
// The example displays the following output if run under the .NET Framework 4.5: 
//    Full assembly name: 
//       mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089. 
//    Qualified assembly name: 
//       System.Array, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089.

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

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