How is System.Type cast to System.Reflection.MethodInfo?

Question

In the Attibutes Sample on MSDN, there is a method whose header is:

 

   private static void DumpAttributes(MemberInfo member)

There is a call to this method which passes the return value of typeof, i.e. System.Type:

        // display attributes for Order class
        DumpAttributes(typeof(Order));

Can anyone please tell me how it is possible to pass a System.Type into an argument of type System.Reflection.MethodInfo?

Thank you.

Answer 1

If you want to Dump Attributes then you should make minor modification.

private static void DumpAttributes(MemberInfo[] members)

Next you have to call this method in this way.

DumpAttributes(typeof(Order).GetMembers());

or you can use your existing method, and call in this way.

MemberInfo[] memberInfos = typeof(Form).GetMember("Member Name");
if (memberInfos.Length>0)
    DumpAttributes(memberInfos[0]);

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Avik Das

Answer 2

System.Type inherits from MemberInfo.

From the docs for System.Type:

[SerializableAttribute]
[ClassInterfaceAttribute(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public abstract class Type : MemberInfo, _Type, IReflect

Answer 3

You can pass System.Type directly. It will work.

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Avik Das

Answer 4

Thank you for your replies.

I must have formed my own pre-conceived idea about what System.Type was and didn't expect that it could inherit from MemberInfo so didn't look for that.

As you may have guessed, I'm new to reflection.