Type.DeclaringType Property
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Gets the type that declares the current nested type or generic type parameter.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property DeclaringType As Type
public override Type DeclaringType { get; }
Property Value
Type: System..::.Type
A Type object representing the enclosing type, if the current type is a nested type; or the generic type definition, if the current type is a type parameter of a generic type; or the type that declares the generic method, if the current type is a type parameter of a generic method; otherwise, nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
Remarks
If the current Type object represents a type parameter of a generic type, this property returns the generic type definition.
If the current Type object represents a type parameter of a generic method, this property returns the type that contains the generic method definition. If the type is generic, the generic type definition is returned.
If the current Type represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method, the DeclaringType and DeclaringMethod properties identify the generic type definition or generic method definition where the generic type parameter was originally defined:
If the DeclaringMethod property returns a MethodInfo, that MethodInfo represents a generic method definition, and the current Type object represents a type parameter of that generic method definition.
If the DeclaringMethod property returns nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), then the DeclaringType property always returns a Type object representing a generic type definition, and the current Type object represents a type parameter of that generic type definition.
Getting the DeclaringType property on a type whose IsGenericParameter property is false throws an InvalidOperationException.
Examples
This example displays the declaring type of a method in a derived class.
Note
To run this example, see Building examples that have static TextBlock controls for Windows Phone 8.
Imports System.Reflection
Public MustInherit Class Example
Public MustInherit Class MyClassA
Public MustOverride Function m() As Integer
End Class
Public MustInherit Class MyClassB
Inherits MyClassA
End Class
Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The declaring type of m is {0}.", _
GetType(MyClassB).GetMethod("m").DeclaringType) + vbCrLf
End Sub
End Class
using System;
using System.Reflection;
public abstract class Example
{
public abstract class MyClassA
{
public abstract int m();
}
public abstract class MyClassB : MyClassA
{
}
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The declaring type of m is {0}.",
typeof(MyClassB).GetMethod("m").DeclaringType) + "\n";
}
}
Version Information
Windows Phone OS
Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0
Platforms
Windows Phone