MethodInfo Class

2013-01-16

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Discovers the attributes of a method and provides access to method metadata.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
  System.Reflection. . :: . .MemberInfo
    System.Reflection. . :: . .MethodBase
      System.Reflection..::..MethodInfo

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public MustInherit Class MethodInfo _
    Inherits MethodBase

[SerializableAttribute]
public abstract class MethodInfo : MethodBase

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class MethodInfo abstract : public MethodBase

[<AbstractClass>]
[<SerializableAttribute>]
type MethodInfo =  
    class
        inherit MethodBase
    end

public abstract class MethodInfo extends MethodBase

The MethodInfo type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	MethodInfo	Initializes a new instance of the MethodInfo class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	DeclaringType	Gets the class that declares the current method. (Inherited from MethodBase.)
	IsAbstract	Gets a value indicating whether the method is abstract. (Inherited from MethodBase.)
	IsFinal	Gets a value indicating whether this method is final. (Inherited from MethodBase.)
	IsPublic	Gets a value indicating whether this is a public method. (Inherited from MethodBase.)
	IsStatic	Gets a value indicating whether the method is static. (Inherited from MethodBase.)
	IsVirtual	Gets a value indicating whether the method is virtual. (Inherited from MethodBase.)
	MemberType	Gets a MemberTypes value indicating that this member is a method. (Overrides MemberInfo. . :: . .MemberType.)
	Name	Gets the name of the current method. (Inherited from MethodBase.)
	ReturnType	Gets the return type of this method.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Invoke	Invokes the method or constructor represented by the current instance, using the specified parameters. (Inherited from MethodBase.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

Instances of MethodInfo are obtained by calling the GetMethods or GetMethod method of a Type object or of an object that derives from Type, or by calling the MakeGenericMethod method of a MethodInfo that represents a generic method definition.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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