OpCodes.Unbox Field

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Unbox As OpCode

public static readonly OpCode Unbox

Remarks

The following table lists the instruction's hexadecimal and Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) assembly format, along with a brief reference summary:

The stack transitional behavior, in sequential order, is:

1. An object reference is pushed onto the stack.

2. The object reference is popped from the stack and unboxed to a value type pointer.

3. The value type pointer is pushed onto the stack.

A value type has two separate representations within the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI):

• A 'raw' form used when a value type is embedded within another object.

• A 'boxed' form, where the data in the value type is wrapped (boxed) into an object so it can exist as an independent entity.

The unbox instruction converts the object reference (type O), the boxed representation of a value type, to a value type pointer (a managed pointer, type &), its unboxed form. The supplied value type (valType) is a metadata token indicating the type of value type contained within the boxed object.

Unlike Box, which is required to make a copy of a value type for use in the object, unbox is not required to copy the value type from the object. Typically it simply computes the address of the value type that is already present inside of the boxed object.

InvalidCastException is thrown if the object is not boxed as valType.

NullReferenceException is thrown if the object reference is a null reference.

TypeLoadException is thrown if the value type valType cannot be found. This is typically detected when MSIL instructions are converted to native code, not at run time.

The following Emit method overload can use the unbox opcode:

• ILGenerator.Emit(OpCode, Type)

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

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