RuntimeTypeHandle Structure
Represents a type using an internal metadata token.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The following example demonstrates how to obtain a RuntimeTypeHandle from a type or from an object, and how to turn the handle back into a type.
Imports System Imports System.Reflection Public Class MyClass1 Private x As Integer = 0 Public Function MyMethod() As Integer Return x End Function 'MyMethod End Class Public Class MyClass2 Public Shared Sub Main() Dim myClass1 As New MyClass1() ' Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from an object. Dim myRTHFromObject As RuntimeTypeHandle = Type.GetTypeHandle(myClass1) ' Get the RuntimeTypeHandle from a type. Dim myRTHFromType As RuntimeTypeHandle = GetType(MyClass1).TypeHandle Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "myRTHFromObject.Value: {0}", _ myRTHFromObject.Value) Console.WriteLine("myRTHFromObject.GetType(): {0}", _ myRTHFromObject.GetType()) Console.WriteLine("Get the type back from the handle...") Console.WriteLine("Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject): {0}", _ Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject)) Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType): {0}", _ myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType)) Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "myRTHFromType.Value: {0}", _ myRTHFromType.Value) Console.WriteLine("myRTHFromType.GetType(): {0}", _ myRTHFromType.GetType()) Console.WriteLine("Get the type back from the handle...") Console.WriteLine("Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType): {0}", _ Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType)) End Sub End Class ' This code example produces output similar to the following: ' 'myRTHFromObject.Value: 7549720 'myRTHFromObject.GetType(): System.RuntimeTypeHandle 'Get the type back from the handle... 'Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromObject): MyClass1 ' 'myRTHFromObject.Equals(myRTHFromType): True ' 'myRTHFromType.Value: 7549720 'myRTHFromType.GetType(): System.RuntimeTypeHandle 'Get the type back from the handle... 'Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myRTHFromType): MyClass1
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