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Type.IsPublic Property

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Gets a value indicating whether the Type is declared public.

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

Syntax

public bool IsPublic { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the Type is declared public and is not a nested type; otherwise, false.

Remarks

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.

Examples

The following example creates an instance of MyTestClass, checks for the IsPublic property, and displays the result.

For nested classes, ignore the results of the IsPublic and IsNotPublic properties and use IsNestedPublic, IsNestedPrivate, IsNestedFamORAssem, and so on.

Note:
To run this example, see Building Examples That Use a Demo Method and a TextBlock Control.


using System;

// Declare MyTestClass as public.
public class MyTestClass
{
}
public class Example
{
    public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
    {
        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;
            outputBlock.Text += 
                String.Format("Is {0} public? {1}.\n", myType.FullName, myBool);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            outputBlock.Text += 
                String.Format("An exception occurred: {0}\n", e.Message);
        }
    }
}