When overridden in a derived class, returns the Type of the object encompassed or referred to by the current array, pointer or reference type.
Syntax
public abstract Type GetElementType ()
Returns
The Type of the object encompassed or referred to by the current array, pointer, or reference type, or null if the current Type is not an array or a pointer, or is not passed by reference, or represents a generic type or a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method.
Remarks
This method returns null for the Array class.
Example
The following example demonstrates the Type.GetElementType method.
C# Example
using System;
class TestType {
public static void Main() {
int[] array = {1,2,3};
Type t = array.GetType();
Type t2 = t.GetElementType();
Console.WriteLine("{0} element type is {1}",array, t2.ToString());
TestType newMe = new TestType();
t = newMe.GetType();
t2 = t.GetElementType();
Console.WriteLine("{0} element type is {1}", newMe, t2==null? "null" : t2.ToString());
}
}
The output is
System.Int32[] element type is System.Int32TestType element type is null
Requirements
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0