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Type::GetElementType Method ()

 

When overridden in a derived class, returns the Type of the object encompassed or referred to by the current array, pointer or reference type.

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

public:
virtual Type^ GetElementType() abstract

Return Value

Type: System::Type^

The Type of the object encompassed or referred to by the current array, pointer, or reference type, or null if the current Type is not an array or a pointer, or is not passed by reference, or represents a generic type or a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method.

This method returns null for the Array class.

The following example demonstrates using the GetElementType method.

using namespace System;
public ref class TestGetElementType{};

int main()
{
   array<Int32>^array = {1,2,3};
   Type^ t = array->GetType();
   Type^ t2 = t->GetElementType();
   Console::WriteLine( "The element type of {0} is {1}.", array, t2 );
   TestGetElementType^ newMe = gcnew TestGetElementType;
   t = newMe->GetType();
   t2 = t->GetElementType();
   Console::WriteLine( "The element type of {0} is {1}.", newMe, t2 == nullptr ? "null" : t2->ToString() );
}

/* This code produces the following output:

The element type of System.Int32[] is System.Int32.
The element type of TestGetElementType is null.
 */

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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