ISimpleTypeProvider<TType>.GetTypeFromReference Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Reflection.Metadata

Assembly:

System.Reflection.Metadata.dll

Package:

System.Reflection.Metadata v9.0.0-preview.3.24172.9

Gets the type symbol for a type reference.

public:
 TType GetTypeFromReference(System::Reflection::Metadata::MetadataReader ^ reader, System::Reflection::Metadata::TypeReferenceHandle handle, System::Byte rawTypeKind);

public TType GetTypeFromReference (System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReader reader, System.Reflection.Metadata.TypeReferenceHandle handle, byte rawTypeKind);

abstract member GetTypeFromReference : System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReader * System.Reflection.Metadata.TypeReferenceHandle * byte -> 'ype

Public Function GetTypeFromReference (reader As MetadataReader, handle As TypeReferenceHandle, rawTypeKind As Byte) As TType

Parameters

reader

MetadataReader

The metadata reader that was passed to the signature decoder. It may be null.

handle

TypeReferenceHandle

The type definition handle.

rawTypeKind

Byte

The kind of the type as specified in the signature. To interpret this value, use ResolveSignatureTypeKind(MetadataReader, EntityHandle, Byte).

Returns

TType

The type symbol.

Remarks

When the signature comes from a WinMD file, additional processing is needed to determine whether the target type is a value type or a reference type.