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Object::GetType Method
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Gets the Type of the current instance.
Namespace:
System
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.
Return Value
Type:
System::TypeThe Type instance that represents the exact runtime type of the current instance.
For two objects x and y that have identical runtime types, Object.ReferenceEquals(x.GetType(),y.GetType()) returns true.
The Type object exposes the metadata associated with the class of the current Object.
The following code example demonstrates that GetType returns the runtime type of the current instance.
No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.
Windows Phone OS
Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0