MemberInfo Class

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Obtains information about the attributes of a member and provides access to member metadata.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
  System.Reflection::MemberInfo
    System.Reflection::EventInfo
    System.Reflection::FieldInfo
    System.Reflection::MethodBase
    System.Reflection::PropertyInfo
    System::Type

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

Syntax

C++

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The MemberInfo type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	CustomAttributes	Gets a collection that contains this member's custom attributes.
	DeclaringType	Gets the class that declares this member.
	MemberType	When overridden in a derived class, gets a MemberTypes value indicating the type of the member — method, constructor, event, and so on.
	MetadataToken	Gets a value that identifies a metadata element.
	Module	Gets the module in which the type that declares the member represented by the current MemberInfo is defined.
	Name	Gets the name of the current member.
	ReflectedType	Gets the class object that was used to obtain this instance of MemberInfo.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Overrides Object::Equals(Object).)
	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.)
	GetCustomAttributes(Boolean)	When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of all custom attributes applied to this member.
	GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean)	When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of custom attributes applied to this member and identified by Type.
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Overrides Object::GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	IsDefined	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether one or more attributes of the specified type or of its derived types is applied to this member.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	GetCustomAttribute(Type)	Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.)
	GetCustomAttribute(Type, Boolean)	Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified member, and optionally inspects the ancestors of that member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.)
	GetCustomAttribute<T>()	Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.)
	GetCustomAttribute<T>(Boolean)	Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified member, and optionally inspects the ancestors of that member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.)
	GetCustomAttributes()	Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes that are applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.)
	GetCustomAttributes(Type)	Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes of a specified type that are applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.)
	GetCustomAttributes<T>()	Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes of a specified type that are applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.)
	GetCustomAttributes<T>(Boolean)	Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes of a specified type that are applied to a specified member, and optionally inspects the ancestors of that member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.)
	IsDefined	Indicates whether custom attributes of a specified type are applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.)

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Remarks

The MemberInfo class is the abstract base class for classes used to obtain information about all members of a class (constructors, events, fields, methods, and properties).

This class introduces the basic functionality that all members provide.

In Windows Phone apps, you cannot derive new types from MemberInfo.