C# Type UnderlyingSystemType

Description

Type UnderlyingSystemType indicates the type provided by the common language runtime that represents this type.

Syntax

Type.UnderlyingSystemType has the following syntax.


public abstract Type UnderlyingSystemType { get; }

Example


using System;/*w  ww.j  av  a  2 s .  co m*/
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();
            Console.WriteLine(myClassType.UnderlyingSystemType);
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", e.Message );
        }
    }

}

The code above generates the following result.