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MethodBase::IsSpecialName Property

 

Gets a value indicating whether this method has a special name.

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

public:
property bool IsSpecialName {
	virtual bool get() sealed;
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if this method has a special name; otherwise, false.

The SpecialName bit is set to flag members that are treated in a special way by some compilers (such as property accessors and operator overloading methods).

This example shows a use of IsSpecialName to filter internal or private members out of a list.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Text;
public ref class Sample
{
protected:
   bool ShowMethods;
   StreamWriter^ myWriter;

private:
   void DumpMethods( Type^ aType )
   {
      if (  !ShowMethods )
            return;

      array<MethodInfo^>^mInfo = aType->GetMethods();
      myWriter->WriteLine( "Methods" );
      bool found = false;
      if ( mInfo->Length != 0 )
      {
         for ( int i = 0; i < mInfo->Length; i++ )
         {

            // Only display methods declared in this type. Also 
            // filter out any methods with special names, because these
            // cannot be generally called by the user. That is, their 
            // functionality is usually exposed in other ways, for example,
            // property get/set methods are exposed as properties.
            if ( mInfo[ i ]->DeclaringType == aType &&  !mInfo[ i ]->IsSpecialName )
            {
               found = true;
               StringBuilder^ modifiers = gcnew StringBuilder;
               if ( mInfo[ i ]->IsStatic )
               {
                  modifiers->Append( "static " );
               }
               if ( mInfo[ i ]->IsPublic )
               {
                  modifiers->Append( "public " );
               }
               if ( mInfo[ i ]->IsFamily )
               {
                  modifiers->Append( "protected " );
               }
               if ( mInfo[ i ]->IsAssembly )
               {
                  modifiers->Append( "internal " );
               }
               if ( mInfo[ i ]->IsPrivate )
               {
                  modifiers->Append( "private " );
               }
               myWriter->WriteLine( "{0} {1}", modifiers, mInfo[ i ] );
            }

         }
      }

      if (  !found )
      {
         myWriter->WriteLine( "(none)" );
      }
   }

};

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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