Type.StructLayoutAttribute Property

Gets a StructLayoutAttribute that describes the layout of the current type.

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

public:
virtual property StructLayoutAttribute^ StructLayoutAttribute {
	StructLayoutAttribute^ get ();
}
/** @property */
public StructLayoutAttribute get_StructLayoutAttribute ()

public function get StructLayoutAttribute () : StructLayoutAttribute

Not applicable.

Property Value

Gets a StructLayoutAttribute that describes the gross layout features of the current type.

Exception typeCondition

NotSupportedException

The invoked method is not supported in the base class.

StructLayoutAttribute is not returned by the GetCustomAttributes method. Instead, use this property to get it.

The following code example first defines a class, a structure, and a structure with special layout attributes (the structures are nested within the class). The example then uses the StructLayoutAttribute property to obtain a StructLayoutAttribute for each type, and displays the properties of the attributes.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;
value struct Test1
{
public:
   Byte B1;
   short S;
   Byte B2;
};


[StructLayout(LayoutKind::Explicit,Pack=1)]
value struct Test2
{
public:

   [FieldOffset(0)]
   Byte B1;

   [FieldOffset(1)]
   short S;

   [FieldOffset(3)]
   Byte B2;
};

static void DisplayLayoutAttribute( StructLayoutAttribute^ sla )
{
   Console::WriteLine( L"\r\nCharSet: {0}\r\n   Pack: {1}\r\n   Size: {2}\r\n  Value: {3}", sla->CharSet, sla->Pack, sla->Size, sla->Value );
}

int main()
{
   DisplayLayoutAttribute( Test1::typeid->StructLayoutAttribute );
   return 0;
}


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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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