MethodBase Class
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Provides information about methods and constructors.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System..::.Object
System.Reflection..::.MemberInfo
System.Reflection..::.MethodBase
System.Reflection..::.ConstructorInfo
System.Reflection..::.MethodInfo
Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Public MustInherit Class MethodBase _
Inherits MemberInfo
public abstract class MethodBase : MemberInfo
The MethodBase type exposes the following members.
Properties
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Attributes | Gets the attributes associated with this method. |
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CallingConvention | Gets a value that indicates the calling conventions for this method. |
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ContainsGenericParameters | Gets a value that indicates whether the generic method contains unassigned generic type parameters. |
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CustomAttributes | Gets a collection that contains this member's custom attributes. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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DeclaringType | Gets the class that declares this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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IsAbstract | Gets a value that indicates whether the method is abstract (MustInherit in Visual Basic). |
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IsAssembly | Gets a value that indicates whether the potential visibility of this method or constructor is described by MethodAttributes..::.Assembly; that is, the method or constructor is visible at most to other types in the same assembly, and is not visible to derived types outside the assembly. |
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IsConstructor | Gets a value that indicates whether the method is a constructor. |
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IsFamily | Gets a value that indicates whether the visibility of this method or constructor is described by MethodAttributes..::.Family; that is, the method or constructor is visible only within its class and derived classes. |
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IsFamilyAndAssembly | Gets a value that indicates whether the visibility of this method or constructor is described by MethodAttributes..::.FamANDAssem; that is, the method or constructor can be called by derived classes, but only if they are in the same assembly. |
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IsFamilyOrAssembly | Gets a value that indicates whether the potential visibility of this method or constructor is described by MethodAttributes..::.FamORAssem; that is, the method or constructor can be called by derived classes wherever they are, and by classes in the same assembly. |
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IsFinal | Gets a value that indicates whether this method is final (NotOverridable in Visual Basic). |
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IsGenericMethod | Gets a value that indicates whether the method is generic. |
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IsGenericMethodDefinition | Gets a value that indicates whether the method is a generic method definition. |
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IsHideBySig | Gets a value that indicates whether only a member of the same kind with exactly the same signature is hidden in the derived class. |
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IsPrivate | Gets a value that indicates whether this member is private. |
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IsPublic | Gets a value that indicates whether this is a public method. |
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IsSpecialName | Gets a value that indicates whether this method has a special name. |
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IsStatic | Gets a value that indicates whether the method is static (Shared in Visual Basic). |
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IsVirtual | Gets a value that indicates whether the method is virtual (Overridable in Visual Basic). |
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MemberType | When overridden in a derived class, gets a MemberTypes value indicating the type of the member — method, constructor, event, and so on. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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MetadataToken | Gets a value that identifies a metadata element. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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MethodHandle | Gets a handle to the internal metadata representation of a method. |
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MethodImplementationFlags | Gets the MethodImplAttributes flags that specify the attributes of a method implementation. |
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Module | Gets the module in which the type that declares the member represented by the current MemberInfo is defined. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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Name | Gets the name of the current member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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ReflectedType | Gets the class object that was used to obtain this instance of MemberInfo. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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Methods
| Name | Description | |
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Equals | Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Overrides MemberInfo..::.Equals(Object).) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
.gif "Static member") |
GetCurrentMethod | Returns a MethodBase object that represents the currently executing method. |
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GetCustomAttributes(Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of all custom attributes applied to this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of custom attributes applied to this member and identified by Type. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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GetGenericArguments | Returns an array of Type objects that represent the type arguments of a generic method or the type parameters of a generic method definition. |
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GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Overrides MemberInfo..::.GetHashCode()()().) |
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GetMethodFromHandle(RuntimeMethodHandle) | Gets method information for the method that is represented by the specified handle. |
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GetMethodFromHandle(RuntimeMethodHandle, RuntimeTypeHandle) | Gets the constructor or method represented by the specified handle, for the specified generic type. |
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GetMethodImplementationFlags | When overridden in a derived class, returns the MethodImplAttributes flags. |
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GetParameters | When overridden in a derived class, gets the parameters of this method or constructor. |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Invoke(Object, array<Object>[]()[]) | Invokes the method or constructor represented by the current instance, using the specified parameters. |
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Invoke(Object, BindingFlags, Binder, array<Object>[]()[], CultureInfo) | When overridden in a derived class, invokes the reflected method or constructor with the given parameters. |
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IsDefined | When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether one or more attributes of the specified type or of its derived types is applied to this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Extension Methods
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GetCustomAttribute(Type) | Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttribute(Type, Boolean) | Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified member, and optionally inspects the ancestors of that member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttribute<(Of <(T>)>)()()() | Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttribute<(Of <(T>)>)(Boolean) | Overloaded. Retrieves a custom attribute of a specified type that is applied to a specified member, and optionally inspects the ancestors of that member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttributes()()() | Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes that are applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttributes(Type) | Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes of a specified type that are applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttributes<(Of <(T>)>)()()() | Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes of a specified type that are applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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GetCustomAttributes<(Of <(T>)>)(Boolean) | Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of custom attributes of a specified type that are applied to a specified member, and optionally inspects the ancestors of that member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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IsDefined | Indicates whether custom attributes of a specified type are applied to a specified member. (Defined by CustomAttributeExtensions.) |
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Remarks
MethodBase is the base class of MethodInfo and ConstructorInfo.
Windows Phone applications cannot create classes that inherit from the MethodBase class.
Version Information
Windows Phone OS
Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0
Platforms
Windows Phone
Thread Safety
This type is thread safe.