Type.FindInterfaces Method
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public Type[] FindInterfaces ( TypeFilter filter, Object filterCriteria )
public function FindInterfaces ( filter : TypeFilter, filterCriteria : Object ) : Type[]
Not applicable.
Parameters
- filter
The TypeFilter delegate that compares the interfaces against filterCriteria.
- filterCriteria
The search criteria that determines whether an interface should be included in the returned array.
Return Value
An array of Type objects representing a filtered list of the interfaces implemented or inherited by the current Type, or an empty array of type Type if no interfaces matching the filter are implemented or inherited by the current Type.This method can be overridden by a derived class.
The Module.FilterTypeName and Module.FilterTypeNameIgnoreCase delegates supplied by the System.Reflection.Module class may also be used, in lieu of the System.Reflection.TypeFilter delegate.
All of the interfaces implemented by this class are considered during the search, whether declared by a base class or this class itself.
This method searches the base class hierarchy, returning each of the matching interfaces each class implements as well as all the matching interfaces each of those interfaces implements (that is, the transitive closure of the matching interfaces is returned). No duplicate interfaces are returned.
If the current Type represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method, FindInterfaces searches all the interfaces declared in the constraints on the type parameter, and all interfaces inherited through the interfaces declared in the constraints. If the current Type represents a type argument of a generic type, FindInterfaces searches all the interfaces implemented by the type, whether or not they match constraints.
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| FindInterfaces can return generic interfaces, even on types that are not generic. For example, a nongeneric type might implement IEnumerable<int> (IEnumerable(Of Integer) in Visual Basic). |
The following example finds the specified interface implemented or inherited by the specified type, and then displays the interface names.
#using <system.xml.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::Xml; using namespace System::Reflection; public ref class MyFindInterfacesSample { public: static bool MyInterfaceFilter(Type^ typeObj, Object^ criteriaObj) { if(typeObj->ToString()->Equals(criteriaObj->ToString())) return true; else return false; } }; int main() { try { XmlDocument^ myXMLDoc = gcnew XmlDocument; myXMLDoc->LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" + "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title> </book>"); Type^ myType = myXMLDoc->GetType(); // Specify the TypeFilter delegate that compares the interfaces // against filter criteria. TypeFilter^ myFilter = gcnew TypeFilter( MyFindInterfacesSample::MyInterfaceFilter); array<String^>^myInterfaceList = {"System.Collections.IEnumerable", "System.Collections.ICollection"}; for(int index = 0; index < myInterfaceList->Length; index++) { array<Type^>^myInterfaces = myType->FindInterfaces( myFilter, myInterfaceList[index]); if(myInterfaces->Length > 0) { Console::WriteLine("\n{0} implements the interface {1}.", myType, myInterfaceList[index]); for(int j = 0; j < myInterfaces->Length; j++) Console::WriteLine("Interfaces supported: {0}.", myInterfaces[j]); } else Console::WriteLine( "\n{0} does not implement the interface {1}.", myType, myInterfaceList[index]); } } catch(ArgumentNullException^ e) { Console::WriteLine("ArgumentNullException: {0}", e->Message); } catch(TargetInvocationException^ e) { Console::WriteLine("TargetInvocationException: {0}", e->Message); } catch(Exception^ e) { Console::WriteLine("Exception: {0}", e->Message); } }
import System.*;
import System.Xml.*;
import System.Reflection.*;
public class MyFindInterfacesSample
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try {
XmlDocument myXmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
myXmlDoc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>"
+ "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" + "</book>");
Type myType = myXmlDoc.GetType();
// Specify the TypeFilter delegate that compares the interfaces
// against filter criteria.
TypeFilter myFilter = new TypeFilter(MyInterfaceFilter);
String myInterfaceList[] = new String[] {
"System.Collections.IEnumerable",
"System.Collections.ICollection" };
for (int index = 0; index < myInterfaceList.length; index++) {
Type myInterfaces[] = myType.FindInterfaces(myFilter,
myInterfaceList.get_Item(index));
if (myInterfaces.length > 0) {
Console.WriteLine("\n{0} implements the interface {1}.",
myType, myInterfaceList.get_Item(index));
for (int j = 0; j < myInterfaces.length; j++) {
Console.WriteLine("Interfaces supported: {0}.",
myInterfaces.get_Item(j).ToString());
}
}
else {
Console.WriteLine("\n{0} does not implement the"
+ " interface {1}.", myType,
myInterfaceList.get_Item(index));
}
}
}
catch (ArgumentNullException e) {
Console.WriteLine("ArgumentNullException: " + e.get_Message());
}
catch (TargetInvocationException e) {
Console.WriteLine("TargetInvocationException: " + e.get_Message());
}
catch (System.Exception e) {
Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.get_Message());
}
} //main
public static boolean MyInterfaceFilter(Type typeObj, Object criteriaObj)
{
if (typeObj.ToString().Equals(criteriaObj.ToString())) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
} //MyInterfaceFilter
} //MyFindInterfacesSample
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.
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