CorElementType Enumeration

Specifies a common language runtime Type, a type modifier, or information about a type in a metadata type signature.

Syntax

typedef enum CorElementType {
    ELEMENT_TYPE_END            = 0x0,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_VOID           = 0x1,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_BOOLEAN        = 0x2,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_CHAR           = 0x3,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_I1             = 0x4,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_U1             = 0x5,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_I2             = 0x6,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_U2             = 0x7,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_I4             = 0x8,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_U4             = 0x9,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_I8             = 0xa,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_U8             = 0xb,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_R4             = 0xc,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_R8             = 0xd,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_STRING         = 0xe,

    ELEMENT_TYPE_PTR            = 0xf,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_BYREF          = 0x10,

    ELEMENT_TYPE_VALUETYPE      = 0x11,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_CLASS          = 0x12,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_VAR            = 0x13,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_ARRAY          = 0x14,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_GENERICINST    = 0x15,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_TYPEDBYREF     = 0x16,

    ELEMENT_TYPE_I              = 0x18,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_U              = 0x19,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_FNPTR          = 0x1B,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_OBJECT         = 0x1C,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_SZARRAY        = 0x1D,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_MVAR           = 0x1e,

    ELEMENT_TYPE_CMOD_REQD      = 0x1F,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_CMOD_OPT       = 0x20,

    ELEMENT_TYPE_INTERNAL       = 0x21,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_MAX            = 0x22,

    ELEMENT_TYPE_MODIFIER       = 0x40,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_SENTINEL       = 0x01 | ELEMENT_TYPE_MODIFIER,
    ELEMENT_TYPE_PINNED         = 0x05 | ELEMENT_TYPE_MODIFIER

} CorElementType;

Members

Member Description
ELEMENT_TYPE_END Used internally.
ELEMENT_TYPE_VOID A void type.
ELEMENT_TYPE_BOOLEAN A Boolean type
ELEMENT_TYPE_CHAR A character type.
ELEMENT_TYPE_I1 A signed 1-byte integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_U1 An unsigned 1-byte integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_I2 A signed 2-byte integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_U2 An unsigned 2-byte integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_I4 A signed 4-byte integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_U4 An unsigned 4-byte integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_I8 A signed 8-byte integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_U8 An unsigned 8-byte integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_R4 A 4-byte floating point.
ELEMENT_TYPE_R8 An 8-byte floating point.
ELEMENT_TYPE_STRING A System.String type.
ELEMENT_TYPE_PTR A pointer type modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_BYREF A reference type modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_VALUETYPE A value type modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_CLASS A class type modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_VAR A class variable type modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_ARRAY A multi-dimensional array type modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_GENERICINST A type modifier for generic types.
ELEMENT_TYPE_TYPEDBYREF A typed reference.
ELEMENT_TYPE_I Size of a native integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_U Size of an unsigned native integer.
ELEMENT_TYPE_FNPTR A pointer to a function.
ELEMENT_TYPE_OBJECT A System.Object type.
ELEMENT_TYPE_SZARRAY A single-dimensional, zero lower-bound array type modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_MVAR A method variable type modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_CMOD_REQD A C language required modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_CMOD_OPT A C language optional modifier.
ELEMENT_TYPE_INTERNAL Used internally.
ELEMENT_TYPE_MAX An invalid type.
ELEMENT_TYPE_MODIFIER Used internally.
ELEMENT_TYPE_SENTINEL A type modifier that is a sentinel for a list of a variable number of parameters.
ELEMENT_TYPE_PINNED Used internally.

Remarks

The type modifiers form the basis for representing more complex types. A CorElementType type modifier value is applied to the value that immediately follows it in the type signature. The value that follows the CorElementType type modifier value can be a CorElementType simple type value, a metadata token, or other value, as specified in the following table.

Note

All numbers (number, argument Count, metadata token, rank, count, and bound) are stored as compressed integers. See Standard ECMA-335 - Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) on the ECMA Web site for details.

Type modifier Format
ELEMENT_TYPE_PTR ELEMENT_TYPE_PTR <a CorElementType value>
ELEMENT_TYPE_BYREF ELEMENT_TYPE_BYREF <a CorElementType value>
ELEMENT_TYPE_VALUETYPE ELEMENT_TYPE_VALUETYPE <an mdTypeDef metadata token>
ELEMENT_TYPE_CLASS ELEMENT_TYPE_CLASS <an mdTypeDef metadata token>
ELEMENT_TYPE_VAR ELEMENT_TYPE_VAR <number>
ELEMENT_TYPE_ARRAY ELEMENT_TYPE_ARRAY <a CorElementType value> <rank> <count1> <bound1> ... <countN> <boundN>
ELEMENT_TYPE_GENERICINST ELEMENT_TYPE_GENERICINST <an mdTypeDef metadata token> <argument Count> <arg1> ... <argN>
ELEMENT_TYPE_FNPTR ELEMENT_TYPE_FNPTR <complete signature for the function, including calling convention>
ELEMENT_TYPE_SZARRAY ELEMENT_TYPE_SZARRAY <a CorElementType value>
ELEMENT_TYPE_MVAR ELEMENT_TYPE_MVAR <number>
ELEMENT_TYPE_CMOD_REQD ELEMENT_TYPE_<a mdTypeRef or mdTypeDef metadata token>
ELEMENT_TYPE_CMOD_OPT E_T_CMOD_OPT <a mdTypeRef or mdTypeDef metadata token>

Requirements

Platforms: See System Requirements.

Header: CorHdr.h

.NET Framework Versions: Available since 1.0

See also