MemberInfo.DeclaringType Property

public:
 abstract property Type ^ DeclaringType { Type ^ get(); };

public abstract Type DeclaringType { get; }

public abstract Type? DeclaringType { get; }

member this.DeclaringType : Type

Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property DeclaringType As Type

Property Value

The Type object for the class that declares this member.

Implements

Examples

The following example defines an interface, IValue, with a single member, GetValue. It also defines four classes: A, a base class that implements the IValue interface; B, which inherits from A and hides its implementation of GetValue from the base class implementation; C, which simply inherits from A; and D, which inherits from A and overrides its GetValue method. The example then retrieves a MemberInfo object for each member of the type (including members inherited from Object) and displays the value of its DeclaringType property.

using System;
using System.Reflection;

interface IValue
{
   int GetValue() ;
};

class A : IValue
{
   public virtual int GetValue()
   {
      return 0;
   }
};

class B : A
{
   public new int GetValue()
   {
      return 0;
   }
};

class C : A
{ };

class D : A
{
   public override int GetValue()
   {
      return 0;
   }
}

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      // Get members of IValue interface.
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(typeof(IValue));
      Console.WriteLine();
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(typeof(A));
      Console.WriteLine();
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(typeof(B));
      Console.WriteLine();
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(typeof(C));
      Console.WriteLine();
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(typeof(D));
      Console.WriteLine();
   }

   private static void ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(Type t)
   {
      MemberInfo[] members = t.GetMembers();
      Console.WriteLine("{0} Members: ", t.Name);
      foreach (var member in members)
         Console.WriteLine("   {0}, Declaring type: {1}",
                           member.Name, member.DeclaringType.Name);
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       IValue Members:
//          GetValue, Declaring type: IValue
//
//       A Members:
//          GetValue, Declaring type: A
//          ToString, Declaring type: Object
//          Equals, Declaring type: Object
//          GetHashCode, Declaring type: Object
//          GetType, Declaring type: Object
//          .ctor, Declaring type: A
//
//       B Members:
//          GetValue, Declaring type: B
//          GetValue, Declaring type: A
//          ToString, Declaring type: Object
//          Equals, Declaring type: Object
//          GetHashCode, Declaring type: Object
//          GetType, Declaring type: Object
//          .ctor, Declaring type: B
//
//       C Members:
//          GetValue, Declaring type: A
//          ToString, Declaring type: Object
//          Equals, Declaring type: Object
//          GetHashCode, Declaring type: Object
//          GetType, Declaring type: Object
//          .ctor, Declaring type: C
//
//       D Members:
//          GetValue, Declaring type: D
//          ToString, Declaring type: Object
//          Equals, Declaring type: Object
//          GetHashCode, Declaring type: Object
//          GetType, Declaring type: Object
//          .ctor, Declaring type: D

Imports System.Reflection

Interface IValue 
   Function GetValue() As Integer 
End Interface
 
Class A : Implements IValue 
   Public Overridable Function GetValue() As Integer _
                               Implements IValue.GetValue 
      Return 0 
   End Function
End Class
 
Class B : Inherits A 
   Public Shadows Function GetValue() As Integer 
      Return 0 
   End Function
End Class
 
Class C : Inherits A 
End Class

Class D : Inherits A
   Public Overrides Function GetValue() As Integer
      Return 0
   End Function
End Class

Public Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      ' Get members of IValue interface.
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(GetType(IValue))
      Console.WriteLine()
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(GetType(A))
      Console.WriteLine()
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(GetType(B))
      Console.WriteLine()
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(GetType(C))
      Console.WriteLine()
      ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(GetType(D))
      Console.WriteLine()
   End Sub

   Private Sub ShowMembersAndDeclaringTypes(t As Type)
      Dim members() As MemberInfo = t.GetMembers()
      Console.WriteLine("{0} Members: ", t.Name)
      For Each member In members
         Console.WriteLine("   {0}, Declaring type: {1}", 
                           member.Name, member.DeclaringType.Name)
      Next                      
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'       IValue Members:
'          GetValue, Declaring type: IValue
'       
'       A Members:
'          GetValue, Declaring type: A
'          ToString, Declaring type: Object
'          Equals, Declaring type: Object
'          GetHashCode, Declaring type: Object
'          GetType, Declaring type: Object
'          .ctor, Declaring type: A
'       
'       B Members:
'          GetValue, Declaring type: B
'          GetValue, Declaring type: A
'          ToString, Declaring type: Object
'          Equals, Declaring type: Object
'          GetHashCode, Declaring type: Object
'          GetType, Declaring type: Object
'          .ctor, Declaring type: B
'       
'       C Members:
'          GetValue, Declaring type: A
'          ToString, Declaring type: Object
'          Equals, Declaring type: Object
'          GetHashCode, Declaring type: Object
'          GetType, Declaring type: Object
'          .ctor, Declaring type: C
'       
'       D Members:
'          GetValue, Declaring type: D
'          ToString, Declaring type: Object
'          Equals, Declaring type: Object
'          GetHashCode, Declaring type: Object
'          GetType, Declaring type: Object
'          .ctor, Declaring type: D

Note that the declaring type of A.GetValue is A, that B includes two GetValue methods, one declared by A and one by B, and that the declaring type of D.GetValue is D.

Remarks

The DeclaringType property retrieves a reference to the Type object for the type that declares this member. A member of a type is either declared by the type or inherited from a base type, so the Type object returned by the DeclaringType property might not be the same as the Type object used to obtain the current MemberInfo object.

• If the Type object from which this MemberInfo object was obtained did not declare this member, the DeclaringType property will represent one of its base types.

• If the MemberInfo object is a global member (that is, if it was obtained from the Module.GetMethods method, which returns global methods on a module), the returned DeclaringType will be null.