_Type.IsAssignableFrom(Type) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

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Provides COM objects with version-independent access to the IsAssignableFrom(Type) method.

public:
 bool IsAssignableFrom(Type ^ c);

public bool IsAssignableFrom (Type c);

abstract member IsAssignableFrom : Type -> bool

Public Function IsAssignableFrom (c As Type) As Boolean

Parameters

c: Type

The Type to compare with the current Type.

Returns

Boolean

true if c and the current Type represent the same type, or if the current Type is in the inheritance hierarchy of c, or if the current Type is an interface that c implements, or if c is a generic type parameter and the current Type represents one of the constraints of c. false if none of these conditions are the case, or if c is null.

Remarks

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

Applies to