Expression.Field Method (Expression, FieldInfo)

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Creates a MemberExpression that represents accessing a field.

Namespace: System.Linq.Expressions
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Field ( _
    expression As Expression, _
    field As FieldInfo _
) As MemberExpression

public static MemberExpression Field(
    Expression expression,
    FieldInfo field
)

expression
Type: System.Linq.Expressions.Expression
An Expression to set the Expression property equal to. For static (Shared in Visual Basic), expression must be nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

field
Type: System.Reflection.FieldInfo
The FieldInfo to set the Member property equal to.

Type: System.Linq.Expressions.MemberExpression
A MemberExpression that has the NodeType property equal to MemberAccess and the Expression and Member properties set to the specified values.

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	field is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). -or- The field represented by field is not static (Shared in Visual Basic) and expression is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	expression.Type is not assignable to the declaring type of the field represented by field.

field is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

-or-

The field represented by field is not static (Shared in Visual Basic) and expression is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

expression.Type is not assignable to the declaring type of the field represented by field.

The Type property of the resulting MemberExpression is equal to the FieldType property of field.

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

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