TypeToken Structure

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Represents the Token returned by the metadata to represent a type.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Structure TypeToken
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public struct TypeToken

The TypeToken type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Token Retrieves the metadata token for this class.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Checks if the given object is an instance of TypeToken and is equal to this instance. (Overrides ValueType.Equals(Object).)
Public method Equals(TypeToken) Indicates whether the current instance is equal to the specified TypeToken.
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Generates the hash code for this type. (Overrides ValueType.GetHashCode().)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)

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Operators

  Name Description
Public operatorStatic member Equality Indicates whether two TypeToken structures are equal.
Public operatorStatic member Inequality Indicates whether two TypeToken structures are not equal.

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Fields

  Name Description
Public fieldStatic member Empty The default TypeToken with Token value 0.

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Remarks

The type of an object is also known as the class of an object.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

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

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.