Type.IsAbstract Property

Gets a value indicating whether the Type is abstract and must be overridden.

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

public:
virtual property bool IsAbstract {
	bool get () sealed;
}
/** @property */
public final boolean get_IsAbstract ()

public final function get IsAbstract () : boolean

Property Value

true if the Type is abstract; otherwise, false.

If the current Type represents a type parameter of a generic type, this property always returns true. This is because it is not possible to create an instance of a generic type parameter.

The following example returns true if the specified object is abstract; otherwise, it returns false.


using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;

public  ref class AbstractClass abstract
{
};

public ref class NonAbstractClass
{
};

int main()
{
    // Check whether the return type of MyAbstractClass is abstract or not.
    Console::WriteLine("\nChecking whether the type is abstract.\n");
    if ((AbstractClass::typeid->IsAbstract))
    {
        Console::WriteLine("The AbstractClass is an abstract class.");
    }
    else
    {
        Console::WriteLine("The AbstractClass is not an abstract class.");
    }

    // Check whether the return type of MyClass is abstract or not.
    if ((NonAbstractClass::typeid->IsAbstract))
    {
        Console::WriteLine("The NonAbstractClass is an abstract class.");
    }
    else
    {
        Console::WriteLine("The NonAbstractClass is not an abstract class.");
    }
};


import System.*;
import System.Reflection.*;
abstract public class MyAbstractClass
{
} //MyAbstractClass

public class MyClass
{
} //MyClass

public class Type_IsAbstract
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try {
            // Check whether the return type of MyAbstractClass is
            // abstract or not.
            Console.WriteLine("\nChecking whether the type is abstract.\n");
            Console.WriteLine("MyAbstractClass is {0}", (MyAbstractClass.class.
                ToType().get_IsAbstract()) ? "an abstract class." :
                "not an abstract class.");
            // Check whether the return type of MyClass is abstract or not.
            Console.WriteLine("MyClass is {0}", (MyClass.class.ToType().
                get_IsAbstract()) ? "an abstract class." :
                "not an abstract class.");
        }
        catch (System.Exception e) {
            Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0} \n", e.get_Message());
        }
    } //main
} //Type_IsAbstract

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The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0

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