Type.IsClass Property
Gets a value indicating whether the Type is a class; that is, not a value type or interface.
[Visual Basic] Public ReadOnly Property IsClass As Boolean [C#] public bool IsClass {get;} [C++] public: __property bool get_IsClass(); [JScript] public function get IsClass() : Boolean;
Property Value
true if the Type is a class; otherwise, false.
Remarks
This property returns true for Type instances representing Enum and ValueType.
The ClassSemanticsMask distinguishes a type declaration as class, interface, or value type.
This property is read-only.
Example
[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following example creates an instance of a type and indicates whether the type is a class.
[Visual Basic] Imports System Imports System.Reflection Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Public Class MyDemoClass End Class 'MyDemoClass Public Class MyTypeClass Public Shared Sub Main() Try Dim myType As Type = Type.GetType("MyDemoClass") ' Get and display the 'IsClass' property of the 'MyDemoClass' instance. Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Is the specified type a class? {0}.", myType.IsClass.ToString()) Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "An exception occurred: {0}.", e.Message.ToString()) End Try End Sub 'Main End Class 'MyTypeClass [C#] using System; using System.Reflection; public class MyDemoClass { } public class MyTypeClass { public static void Main(string[] args) { try { Type myType=Type.GetType("MyDemoClass"); // Get and display the 'IsClass' property of the 'MyDemoClass' instance. Console.WriteLine("\nIs the specified type a class? {0}.", myType.IsClass); } catch(Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("\nAn exception occurred: {0}." ,e.Message); } } } [C++] #using <mscorlib.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::Reflection; public __gc class MyDemoClass { }; int main() { try { Type* myType=Type::GetType(S"MyDemoClass"); // Get and display the 'IsClass' property of the 'MyDemoClass' instance. Console::WriteLine(S"\nIs the specified type a class? {0}.", __box( myType->IsClass)); } catch (Exception* e) { Console::WriteLine(S"\nAn exception occurred: {0}." , e->Message); } }
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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 | TypeAttributes | IsInterface | IsValueType