GenericTypeParameterBuilder.DeclaringType Property

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Gets the generic type definition or generic method definition to which the generic type parameter belongs.

Namespace:  System.Reflection.Emit
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property DeclaringType As Type
public override Type DeclaringType { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Type
If the type parameter belongs to a generic type, a Type object representing that generic type; if the type parameter belongs to a generic method, a Type object representing that type that declared that generic method.

Remarks

The declaring type is not necessarily a generic type. If the current type parameter belongs to a generic method, the type in which the method is declared might not be generic.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

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