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Type::GetInterface Method (String^)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Searches for the interface with the specified name.

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

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public:
virtual Type^ GetInterface(
	String^ name
) sealed

Parameters

name
Type: System::String^

The string containing the name of the interface to get. For generic interfaces, this is the mangled name.

Return Value

Type: System::Type^

An object representing the interface with the specified name, implemented or inherited by the current Type, if found; otherwise, null.

Implements

_Type::GetInterface(String^)

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

name is null.

AmbiguousMatchException

The current Type represents a type that implements the same generic interface with different type arguments.

The search for name is case-sensitive.

If the current Type represents a constructed generic type, this method returns the Type 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.

System_CAPS_noteNote

For generic interfaces, the name parameter is the mangled name, ending with a grave accent (`) and the number of type parameters. This is true for both generic interface definitions and constructed generic interfaces. For example, to find IExample<T> (IExample(Of T) in Visual Basic) or IExample<string> (IExample(Of String) in Visual Basic), search for "IExample`1".

The following code example uses the GetInterface(String^) method to search the Hashtable class for the IDeserializationCallback interface, and lists the methods of the interface.

The code example also demonstrates the GetInterface(String^, Boolean) method overload and the GetInterfaceMap method.

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int main()
{
   Hashtable^ hashtableObj = gcnew Hashtable;
   Type^ objType = hashtableObj->GetType();
   array<MemberInfo^>^arrayMemberInfo;
   array<MethodInfo^>^arrayMethodInfo;
   try
   {
      // Get the methods implemented in 'IDeserializationCallback' interface.
      arrayMethodInfo = objType->GetInterface( "IDeserializationCallback" )->GetMethods();
      Console::WriteLine( "\nMethods of 'IDeserializationCallback' Interface :" );
      for ( int index = 0; index < arrayMethodInfo->Length; index++ )
         Console::WriteLine( arrayMethodInfo[ index ] );

      // Get FullName for interface by using Ignore case search.
      Console::WriteLine( "\nMethods of 'IEnumerable' Interface" );
      arrayMethodInfo = objType->GetInterface( "ienumerable", true )->GetMethods();
      for ( int index = 0; index < arrayMethodInfo->Length; index++ )
         Console::WriteLine( arrayMethodInfo[ index ] );

      //Get the Interface methods for 'IDictionary*' interface
      InterfaceMapping interfaceMappingObj;
      interfaceMappingObj = objType->GetInterfaceMap( IDictionary::typeid );
      arrayMemberInfo = interfaceMappingObj.InterfaceMethods;
      Console::WriteLine( "\nHashtable class Implements the following IDictionary Interface methods :" );
      for ( int index = 0; index < arrayMemberInfo->Length; index++ )
         Console::WriteLine( arrayMemberInfo[ index ] );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Exception : {0}", e );
   }
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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