FieldInfo.IsSpecialName Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Reflection

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

FieldInfo.cs

Gets a value indicating whether the corresponding SpecialName attribute is set in the FieldAttributes enumerator.

public:
 property bool IsSpecialName { bool get(); };

public bool IsSpecialName { get; }

member this.IsSpecialName : bool

Public ReadOnly Property IsSpecialName As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the SpecialName attribute is set in FieldAttributes; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example returns a value indicating whether or not the fields in the class contain a SpecialName attribute.

#using <system.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::ComponentModel::Design;

int main()
{
   try
   {
      // Get the type handle of a specified class.
      Type^ myType = ViewTechnology::typeid;

      // Get the fields of the specified class.
      array<FieldInfo^>^myField = myType->GetFields();
      Console::WriteLine( "\nDisplaying fields that have SpecialName attributes:\n" );
      for ( int i = 0; i < myField->Length; i++ )
      {
         // Determine whether or not each field is a special name.
         if ( myField[ i ]->IsSpecialName )
         {
            Console::WriteLine( "The field {0} has a SpecialName attribute.", myField[ i ]->Name );
         }
      }
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Exception : {0} ", e->Message );
   }
}

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;

class FieldInfo_IsSpecialName
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            // Get the type handle of a specified class.
            Type myType = typeof(ViewTechnology);

            // Get the fields of the specified class.
            FieldInfo[] myField = myType.GetFields();

            Console.WriteLine("\nDisplaying fields that have SpecialName attributes:\n");
            for(int i = 0; i < myField.Length; i++)
            {
                // Determine whether or not each field is a special name.
                if(myField[i].IsSpecialName)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("The field {0} has a SpecialName attribute.",
                        myField[i].Name);
                }
            }
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Exception : {0} " , e.Message);
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.ComponentModel.Design

Class FieldInfo_IsSpecialName

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Try
            ' Get the type handle of a specified class.
            Dim myType As Type = GetType(ViewTechnology)

            ' Get the fields of a specified class.
            Dim myField As FieldInfo() = myType.GetFields()

            Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Displaying fields that have SpecialName attributes:" + ControlChars.Cr)
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To myField.Length - 1
                ' Determine whether or not each field is a special name.
                If myField(i).IsSpecialName Then
                    Console.WriteLine("The field {0} has a SpecialName attribute.", myField(i).Name)
                End If
            Next i
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Exception : {0} ", e.Message.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Names that begin with or contain an underscore character (_), property accessors, and operator overloading methods are examples of names that might require special treatment by some compilers.

See also

• FieldAttributes