Type.Assembly
Property
Definition
public abstract System.Reflection.Assembly Assembly { get; }
An Assembly instance that describes the assembly containing the current type. For generic types, the instance describes the assembly that contains the generic type definition, not the assembly that creates and uses a particular constructed type.
Examples
The following example displays the assembly name associated with the class and the fully qualified name of the type.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
int main()
{
Type^ objType = System::Array::typeid;
// Print the full assembly name.
Console::WriteLine( "Full assembly name: {0}.", objType->Assembly->FullName );
// Print the qualified assembly name.
Console::WriteLine( "Qualified assembly name: {0}.", objType->AssemblyQualifiedName );
}
// The example displays the following output if run under the .NET Framework 4.5:
// Full assembly name:
// mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089.
// Qualified assembly name:
// System.Array, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089.
using System;
using System.Reflection;
class MyAssemblyClass
{
public static void Main()
{
Type objType = typeof(System.Array);
// Print the full assembly name.
Console.WriteLine ("Full assembly name:\n {0}.",
objType.Assembly.FullName.ToString());
// Print the qualified assembly name.
Console.WriteLine ("Qualified assembly name:\n {0}.",
objType.AssemblyQualifiedName.ToString());
}
}
// The example displays the following output if run under the .NET Framework 4.5:
// Full assembly name:
// mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089.
// Qualified assembly name:
// System.Array, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089.
Imports System.Reflection
Class Example
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim objType As Type = GetType(System.Array)
' Display the full assembly name.
Console.WriteLine("Full assembly name:{1} {0}.",
objType.Assembly.FullName.ToString(), vbCrLf)
' Display the qualified assembly name.
Console.WriteLine("Qualified assembly name: {1} {0}.",
objType.AssemblyQualifiedName.ToString(), vbCrLf)
End Sub
End Class
' The example displays the following output if run under the .NET Framework 4.5:
' Full assembly name:
' mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089.
' Qualified assembly name:
' System.Array, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089.
Remarks
If the current Type object represents a constructed generic type, this property returns the assembly that contains the generic type definition. For example, suppose you create an assembly named MyGenerics.dll that contains the generic type definition MyGenericStack<T> (MyGenericStack(Of T) in Visual Basic, generic<T> ref class MyGenericStack in C++). If you create an instance of MyGenericStack<int> (MyGenericStack(Of Integer) in Visual Basic) in another assembly, the Assembly property for the constructed type returns an Assembly object that represents MyGenerics.dll.
Similarly, if the current Type object represents an unassigned generic parameter T, this property returns the assembly that contains the generic type that defines T.
If the Type.Assembly property is not available on a particular .NET implementation, such as .NET Core or the Universal Windows Platform, use the TypeInfo.Assembly property instead.
This property is read-only.