IVsDataProvider.GetType Method (String)

Article
10/03/2012

Resolves a provider-specific type name to its corresponding Type representation.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Core
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Core (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetType ( _
    typeName As String _
) As Type

Type GetType(
    string typeName
)

Type^ GetType(
    String^ typeName
)

abstract GetType : 
        typeName:string -> Type

function GetType(
    typeName : String
) : Type

Parameters

typeName
Type: System.String

A provider-specific type name.

Return Value

Type: System.Type
A Type object that represents the type that is resolved from the specified type name, if it is found; otherwise, nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The typeName parameter is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
[<ANY>]	The DDEX provider's GetType implementation threw an exception.

Remarks

This method delegates to the GetType method, passing Empty as the value of the source parameter.

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

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