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Type.DeclaringType Property
.NET Framework 1.1
Gets the class that declares this member.
[Visual Basic] Overrides Public ReadOnly Property DeclaringType As Type [C#] public override Type DeclaringType {get;} [C++] public: __property Type* get_DeclaringType(); [JScript] public override function get DeclaringType() : Type;
Property Value
The Type object for the class that declares this member. If the type is a nested type, this property returns the enclosing type.
Remarks
This property implements the abstract property inherited from MemberInfo.
Example
This example displays the declaring type of a method in a derived class.
[Visual Basic] Imports System Imports System.Reflection Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Public MustInherit Class dtype Public MustInherit Class MyClassA Public MustOverride Function m() As Integer End Class Public MustInherit Class MyClassB Inherits MyClassA End Class Public Shared Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("The declaring type of m is {0}.", _ GetType(MyClassB).GetMethod("m").DeclaringType) End Sub End Class [C#] using System; using System.Reflection; public abstract class dtype { public abstract class MyClassA { public abstract int m(); } public abstract class MyClassB : MyClassA { } public static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine("The declaring type of m is {0}.", typeof(MyClassB).GetMethod("m").DeclaringType); } } [C++] #using <mscorlib.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::Reflection; public __abstract __gc class dtype { public: __abstract __gc class MyClassA { public: virtual int m() = 0; }; __abstract __gc class MyClassB : public MyClassA { }; }; int main() { Console::WriteLine(S"The declaring type of m is {0}.", __typeof(dtype::MyClassB)->GetMethod(S"m")->DeclaringType); } [JScript] import System; import System.Reflection; public abstract class dtype { public abstract class MyClassA { public abstract function m(): int ; } public abstract class MyClassB extends MyClassA { } public static function Main() : void { Console.WriteLine("Declaring type of m is {0}", MyClassB.GetMethod("m").DeclaringType); } } dtype.Main();
Requirements
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) Standard
See Also
Type Class | Type Members | System Namespace | MemberInfo | ReflectedType
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