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PropertyInfo.GetConstantValue Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Reflection
Assembly:
System.Reflection.dll
Assembly:
System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
mscorlib.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll
Source:
PropertyInfo.cs
Source:
PropertyInfo.cs
Source:
PropertyInfo.cs

Returns a literal value associated with the property by a compiler.

public:
 virtual System::Object ^ GetConstantValue();
public virtual object GetConstantValue ();
public virtual object? GetConstantValue ();
abstract member GetConstantValue : unit -> obj
override this.GetConstantValue : unit -> obj
Public Overridable Function GetConstantValue () As Object

Returns

Object

An Object that contains the literal value associated with the property. If the literal value is a class type with an element value of zero, the return value is null.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The Constant table in unmanaged metadata does not contain a constant value for the current property.

FormatException

The type of the value is not one of the types permitted by the Common Language Specification (CLS). See the ECMA Partition II specification, Metadata.

Remarks

This method is provided for designers of managed compilers and code analyzers.

Note

Do not use this method in the reflection-only context, because it might cause code to execute. Use the GetRawConstantValue method instead.

In unmanaged metadata, the Constant table is used to store constant values for fields, parameters, and properties. Constant information does not directly influence runtime behavior. Compilers inspect this information, at compile time, when importing metadata. If used, the value of a constant is embedded in the Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) stream the compiler emits. There are no MSIL instructions that can be used to access the Constant table at run time.

Note

For more information on constant values and the Constant table, see Partition II of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) specification.

Applies to