Class ReflectionExtensions

Class which contains properties, methods which helps to reflect the internal methods or fields and also to acquire their values.

Inheritance

System.Object

ReflectionExtensions

Namespace: Syncfusion.DataSource.Extensions

Assembly: Syncfusion.DataSource.Portable.dll

Syntax

public static class ReflectionExtensions : Object

Methods

BaseType(Type)

Reflection method to get the base type.

Declaration

public static Type BaseType(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the base type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Type	Returns the base type.

GetCulture(CultureInfo)

Reflection method to obtain the current culture.

Declaration

public static string GetCulture(this CultureInfo info)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	info	Represents the culture info.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	Returns the string value of determining the culture info.

GetGenericArguments(Type)

Helper method to get generic arguments from the specified type.

Declaration

public static Type[] GetGenericArguments(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Type[]	Returns the generic type arguments.

GetIsDynamicBound(IEnumerable)

Helper method to determine whether the obtained enumerable collection is bounded dynamically.

Declaration

public static bool GetIsDynamicBound(this IEnumerable collection)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.IEnumerable	collection	Represents the enumerable collection

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns the boolean value accordingly.

GetMember(Type, String)

Helper method to get the members from the specified base type.

Declaration

public static IEnumerable<MemberInfo> GetMember(this Type type, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.
System.String	name	Represents the name of the member function which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Reflection.MemberInfo>	Returns the enumerable collection of member functions from the specified type.

GetMethod(Type, String, Type[])

Helper method to get a particular method from the specified type.

Declaration

public static MethodInfo GetMethod(this Type type, string name, Type[] types)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.
System.String	name	Represents the name of the method which is to be determined.
System.Type[]	types	Represents the types from which the method is to be obtained.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Reflection.MethodInfo	Returns the obtained method info.

GetMethods(Type)

Helper method to get the methods from the specified base type.

Declaration

public static IEnumerable<MethodInfo> GetMethods(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Reflection.MethodInfo>	Returns the enumerable collection of method names.

GetProperties(Type)

Reflection helper method to get the properties from the mentioned type.

Declaration

public static IEnumerable<PropertyInfo> GetProperties(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type from which the properties has to be obtained.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Reflection.PropertyInfo>	Returns the properties

GetProperty(Type, String)

Helper method to get a particular property from the specified type.

Declaration

public static PropertyInfo GetProperty(this Type type, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.
System.String	name	Represents the name of the property which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Reflection.PropertyInfo	Returns the obtained property info.

IsAbstract(Type)

Reflection method to check whether the obtained type is abstract.

Declaration

public static bool IsAbstract(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns the boolean value regarding the obtained type.

IsAssignableFrom(Type, Type)

Reflection method to determine whether the source type can be assigned to destination type.

Declaration

public static bool IsAssignableFrom(this Type type, Type typeInfo)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the source type.
System.Type	typeInfo	Represents the destination type.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns the boolean value whether the source type can to assigned to destination type.

IsEnum(Type)

Reflection method to check whether the obtained type is enumerated type.

Declaration

public static bool IsEnum(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns the boolean value regarding the obtained type.

IsGenericType(Type)

Reflection method to check whether the obtained type is generic type. Can be a generic type definition, an open constructed type, or a closed constructed type.

Declaration

public static bool IsGenericType(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns the boolean value regarding the obtained type.

IsGenericTypeDefinition(Type)

Reflection method to check whether the obtained type is generic type. A constructed type is created by calling the MakeGenericType method on a Type object that represents a generic type definition and specifying an array of type arguments.

Declaration

public static bool IsGenericTypeDefinition(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns the boolean value regarding the obtained type.

IsInterface(Type)

Reflection method to check whether the obtained type is an interface.

Declaration

public static bool IsInterface(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns the boolean value regarding the obtained type.

IsPrimitive(Type)

Reflection method to check whether the obtained type is primitive type.

Declaration

public static bool IsPrimitive(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns the boolean value regarding the obtained type.

IsValueType(Type)

Reflection method to check whether the obtained type is value type.

Declaration

public static bool IsValueType(this Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	Represents the type which is to be determined.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns the boolean value regarding the obtained type.