Marshal.GetTypeForITypeInfo(IntPtr) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:

mscorlib.dll

Converts an unmanaged ITypeInfo object into a managed Type object.

public:
 static Type ^ GetTypeForITypeInfo(IntPtr piTypeInfo);

[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public static Type GetTypeForITypeInfo (IntPtr piTypeInfo);

[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
static member GetTypeForITypeInfo : nativeint -> Type

Public Shared Function GetTypeForITypeInfo (piTypeInfo As IntPtr) As Type

Parameters

piTypeInfo

IntPtr

nativeint

The ITypeInfo interface to marshal.

Returns

Type

A managed type that represents the unmanaged ITypeInfo object.

Attributes

SecurityCriticalAttribute

Remarks

GetTypeForITypeInfo returns a System.Type instance that is based on the original type. You can apply the System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute to replace standard interop marshaling behavior with this custom marshaler. The Tlbimp.exe (Type Library Importer) tool uses the custom marshaler to translate ITypeInfo parameters to System.Type parameters. However, if you obtain an ITypeInfo interface by some means other than Tlbimp.exe, you can use GetTypeForITypeInfo to manually perform the same translation.

See also

• GetITypeInfoForType(Type)
• MarshalAsAttribute