Mega Code Archive
0619 Base Types and Interfaces
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Type exposes a BaseType property:
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class MainClass
{
static void Main()
{
Type base1 = typeof(System.String).BaseType;
Type base2 = typeof(System.IO.FileStream).BaseType;
Console.WriteLine(base1.Name); // Object
Console.WriteLine(base2.Name); // Stream
}
}
The output:
Object
Stream
The GetInterfaces method returns the interfaces that a type implements:
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class MainClass
{
static void Main()
{
foreach (Type iType in typeof(Guid).GetInterfaces())
Console.WriteLine(iType.Name);
}
}
The output:
IFormattable
IComparable
IComparable`1
IEquatable`1
The following code does the static and dynamic interface type checking.
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class MainClass
{
static void Main()
{
Type target = typeof(IFormattable);
bool isTrue = target is IFormattable; // Static C# operator
bool alsoTrue = target.IsInstanceOfType(target); // Dynamic equivalent
}
}
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