TypeName.GetNodeCount Method
Definition
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Gets the total number of TypeName instances that are used to describe
this instance, including any generic arguments or underlying types.
public:
int GetNodeCount();public int GetNodeCount ();member this.GetNodeCount : unit -> intPublic Function GetNodeCount () As IntegerReturns
Remarks
This value is computed every time this method gets called, it's not cached.
There's not really a parallel concept to this in reflection. Think of it
as the total number of TypeName instances that would be created if
you were to totally deconstruct this instance and visit each intermediate TypeName
that occurs as part of deconstruction.
"int" and "Person" each have complexities of 1 because they're standalone types.
"int[]" has a node count of 2 because to fully inspect it involves inspecting the
array type itself, plus unwrapping the underlying type ("int") and inspecting that.
"Dictionary<string, List<int[][]>>" has node count 8 because fully visiting it
involves inspecting 8 TypeName instances total:
