C# Type TypeHandle

Description

Type TypeHandle gets the handle for the current Type.

Syntax

Type.TypeHandle has the following syntax.


public virtual RuntimeTypeHandle TypeHandle { get; }

Example

The following example returns the handle of the corresponding type and passes the handle to a method that gets the type from the handle and displays it.


using System;//from  w  ww .ja  v a  2s.c  om
using System.Reflection;
class MyClass
{
    public int myField = 10;
}

class Type_TypeHandle
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            MyClass myClass = new MyClass();
            Type myClassType = myClass.GetType();
            RuntimeTypeHandle myClassHandle = myClassType.TypeHandle;
            DisplayTypeHandle(myClassHandle);
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", e.Message );
        }
    }

    public static void DisplayTypeHandle(RuntimeTypeHandle myTypeHandle)
    {
        Type myType = Type.GetTypeFromHandle(myTypeHandle);      
        Console.WriteLine("The type is {0}.", myType.ToString());
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.