C# 0 The Complete Reference

System.Reflection

 namespace. Thus, you will normally include the following in 

programs that use reflection:

using System.Reflection;

The Reflection Core: System.Type

System.Type

 is at the core of the reflection subsystem because it encapsulates a type. It 

contains many properties and methods that you will use to obtain information about a type 

at runtime. 

Type

 is derived from an abstract class called 

System.Reflection.MemberInfo

.

MemberInfo

 defines the following read-only properties:

Property

Description

Type DeclaringType

Obtains the type of the class or inter face in which the 

member is declared.

MemberTypes MemberType

Obtains the kind of the member. This value indicates if the 

member is a field, method, proper ty, event, or constructor.

int MetadataToken

Obtains a value associated with a specific metadata.

Module Module

Obtains a 

Module

 object that represents the module (an 

executable file) in which the reflected type resides.

string Name

The name of the type.

Type ReflectedType

The type of the object being reflected.

Notice that the return type of