_Type::GetElementType Method ()

 

Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the Type::GetElementType method.

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

Type^ GetElementType()

Return Value

Type: System::Type^

The Type of the object encompassed or referred to by the current array, pointer or reference type.

-or-

null if the current Type is not an array or a pointer, or is not passed by reference, or represents a generic type or a type parameter of a generic type or method definition.

This method is for access to managed classes from unmanaged code, and should not be called from managed code.

The Type::GetElementType method returns the Type of the object encompassed or referred to by the current array, pointer or reference type.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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