Type.GetInterfaces Method

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.NET Framework Class Library

Type.GetInterfaces Method

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When overridden in a derived class, gets all the interfaces implemented or inherited by the current Type.

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

public abstract Type[] GetInterfaces()

Return Value

Type: System.Type()
An array of Type objects representing all the interfaces implemented or inherited by the current Type.-or- An empty array of type Type, if no interfaces are implemented or inherited by the current Type.

Implements

_Type.GetInterfaces
Exception Condition
TargetInvocationException

A static initializer is invoked and throws an exception.

The GetInterfaces method does not return interfaces in a particular order, such as alphabetical or declaration order. Your code must not depend on the order in which interfaces are returned, because that order varies.

If the current Type represents a constructed generic type, this method returns the Type objects with the type parameters replaced by the appropriate type arguments.

If the current Type represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method, this method searches the interface constraints and any interfaces inherited from class or interface constraints.

The following example gets the type of the specified class and displays all the interfaces that the type implements or inherits. To compile the Visual Basic example, use the following compiler commands:

vbc type_getinterfaces1.vb /r:System.Web.dll /r:System.dll


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Example
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\r\nInterfaces implemented by Dictionary<int, string>:\r\n");

        foreach (Type tinterface in typeof(Dictionary<int, string>).GetInterfaces())
        {
            Console.WriteLine(tinterface.ToString());
        }

        //Console.ReadLine()      // Uncomment this line for Visual Studio. 
    }
}

/* This example produces output similar to the following:

Interfaces implemented by Dictionary<int, string>:

System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2[System.Int32,System.String]
System.Collections.Generic.ICollection`1[System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair`2[System.Int32,System.String]]
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair`2[System.Int32,System.String]]
System.Collection.IEnumerable
System.Collection.IDictionary
System.Collection.ICollection
System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable
System.Runtime.Serialization.IDeserializationCallback
 */


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, 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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