Parameters:
left:
The first object to compare.
right:
The second object to compare.

Exceptions:
true if left is not equal to right; otherwise, false.

Parameters:
left:
The first object to compare.
right:
The second object to compare.

Exceptions:
true if left is equal to right; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
An System.Reflection.Assembly instance that describes the assembly containing
the current type. For generic types, the instance describes the assembly
that contains the generic type definition, not the assembly that creates
and uses a particular constructed type.

Exceptions:
The assembly-qualified name of the System.Type, which includes the name of
the assembly from which the System.Type was loaded, or null if the current
instance represents a generic type parameter.

Exceptions:
A System.Reflection.TypeAttributes object representing the attribute set
of the System.Type, unless the System.Type represents a generic type parameter,
in which case the value is unspecified.

Exceptions:
The System.Type from which the current System.Type directly inherits, or
null if the current Type represents the System.Object class or an interface.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type object is itself a generic type parameter or has
type parameters for which specific types have not been supplied; otherwise,
false.

Exceptions:
If the current System.Type represents a type parameter of a generic method,
a System.Reflection.MethodBase that represents declaring method; otherwise,
null.

Exceptions:
A System.Type object representing the enclosing type, if the current type
is a nested type; or the generic type definition, if the current type is
a type parameter of a generic type; or the type that declares the generic
method, if the current type is a type parameter of a generic method; otherwise,
null.

Exceptions:
A reference to the default binder used by the system.

Exceptions:
The fully qualified name of the type, including its namespace but not its
assembly; or null if the current instance represents a generic type parameter,
an array type, pointer type, or byref type based on a type parameter, or
a generic type that is not a generic type definition but contains unresolved
type parameters.

Exceptions:
A bitwise combination of System.Reflection.GenericParameterAttributes values
that describes the covariance and special constraints of the current generic
type parameter.

Exceptions:
System.InvalidOperationException:
The current System.Type object is not a generic type parameter. That is,
the System.Type.IsGenericParameter property returns false.
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class.

Exceptions:
The position of a type parameter in the type parameter list of the generic
type or method that defines the parameter. Position numbers begin at 0.

Exceptions:
System.InvalidOperationException:
The current type does not represent a type parameter. That is, System.Type.IsGenericParameter
returns false.

Exceptions:
An array of the generic type arguments for this type.

Exceptions:
The GUID associated with the System.Type.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is an array, a pointer, or is passed by reference;
otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is abstract; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the string format attribute AnsiClass is selected for the System.Type;
otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the current type is an array; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the string format attribute AutoClass is selected for the System.Type;
otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type.Attributes property of the current type includes
System.Reflection.TypeAttributes.AutoLayout; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is passed by reference; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is a class; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is a COM object; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if this object represents a constructed generic type; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type can be hosted in a context; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the current System.Type represents an enumeration; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type.Attributes property of the current type includes
System.Reflection.TypeAttributes.ExplicitLayout; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type object represents a type parameter of a generic type
definition or generic method definition; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the current type is a generic type; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type object represents a generic type definition; otherwise,
false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type has a System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComImportAttribute;
otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is an interface; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type.Attributes property of the current type includes
System.Reflection.TypeAttributes.SequentialLayout; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is marshaled by reference; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is nested inside another type; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is nested and visible only within its own assembly;
otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is nested and visible only to classes that belong
to both its own family and its own assembly; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is nested and visible only within its own family;
otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is nested and visible only to classes that belong
to its own family or to its own assembly; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is nested and declared private; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the class is nested and declared public; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is not declared public and is not a nested type;
otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is a pointer; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is one of the primitive types; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is declared public and is not a nested type; otherwise,
false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is declared sealed; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the current type is security-critical or security-safe-critical at
the current trust level; false if it is transparent.

Exceptions:
true if the current type is security-safe-critical at the current trust level;
false if it is security-critical or transparent.

Exceptions:
true if the type is security-transparent at the current trust level; otherwise,
false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is serializable; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the type has a name that requires special handling; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the string format attribute UnicodeClass is selected for the System.Type;
otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is a value type; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the current System.Type is a public type or a public nested type
such that all the enclosing types are public; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
A System.Reflection.MemberTypes value indicating that this member is a type
or a nested type.

Exceptions:
The module in which the current System.Type is defined.

Exceptions:
The namespace of the System.Type; null if the current instance has no namespace
or represents a generic parameter.

Exceptions:
The Type object through which this System.Type object was obtained.

Exceptions:
Gets a System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute that describes
the gross layout features of the current type.

Exceptions:
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class.

Exceptions:
The handle for the current System.Type.

Exceptions:
System.NotSupportedException:
The .NET Compact Framework does not currently support this property.

Exceptions:
An object that contains the name of the class constructor for the System.Type.

Exceptions:
The underlying system type for the System.Type.

Parameters:
o:
The object whose underlying system type is to be compared with the underlying
system type of the current System.Type.

Exceptions:
true if the underlying system type of o is the same as the underlying system
type of the current System.Type; otherwise, false. This method also returns
false if the object specified by the o parameter is not a Type.

Parameters:
o:
The object whose underlying system type is to be compared with the underlying
system type of the current System.Type.

Exceptions:
true if the underlying system type of o is the same as the underlying system
type of the current System.Type; otherwise, false.

Parameters:
filter:
The delegate that compares the interfaces against filterCriteria.
filterCriteria:
The search criteria that determines whether an interface should be included
in the returned array.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Type objects representing a filtered list of the interfaces
implemented or inherited by the current System.Type, or an empty array of
type System.Type if no interfaces matching the filter are implemented or
inherited by the current System.Type.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
filter is null.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A static initializer is invoked and throws an exception.

Parameters:
memberType:
An object that indicates the type of member to search for.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.
filter:
The delegate that does the comparisons, returning true if the member currently
being inspected matches the filterCriteria and false otherwise. You can use
the FilterAttribute, FilterName, and FilterNameIgnoreCase delegates supplied
by this class. The first uses the fields of FieldAttributes, MethodAttributes,
and MethodImplAttributes as search criteria, and the other two delegates
use String objects as the search criteria.
filterCriteria:
The search criteria that determines whether a member is returned in the array
of MemberInfo objects.The fields of FieldAttributes, MethodAttributes, and
MethodImplAttributes can be used in conjunction with the FilterAttribute
delegate supplied by this class.

Exceptions:
A filtered array of System.Reflection.MemberInfo objects of the specified
member type.-or- An empty array of type System.Reflection.MemberInfo, if
the current System.Type does not have members of type memberType that match
the filter criteria.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
filter is null.

Exceptions:
An integer that contains the number of dimensions in the current type.

Exceptions:
System.NotSupportedException:
The functionality of this method is unsupported in the base class and must
be implemented in a derived class instead.
System.ArgumentException:
The current type is not an array.

Exceptions:
A System.Reflection.TypeAttributes object representing the attribute set
of the System.Type.

Parameters:
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the desired constructor.-or- An empty array of System.Type
objects, to get a constructor that takes no parameters. Such an empty array
is provided by the static field System.Type.EmptyTypes.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public instance constructor whose parameters match
the types in the parameter type array, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
types is null.-or- One of the elements in types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the constructor to get.-or- An empty array of the type
System.Type (that is, Type[] types = new Type[0]) to get a constructor that
takes no parameters.-or- System.Type.EmptyTypes.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the parameter type
array. The default binder does not process this parameter.

Exceptions:
A System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo object representing the constructor that
matches the specified requirements, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
types is null.-or- One of the elements in types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.-or- types and
modifiers do not have the same length.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder.
callConvention:
The object that specifies the set of rules to use regarding the order and
layout of arguments, how the return value is passed, what registers are used
for arguments, and the stack is cleaned up.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the constructor to get.-or- An empty array of the type
System.Type (that is, Type[] types = new Type[0]) to get a constructor that
takes no parameters.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the types array.
The default binder does not process this parameter.

Exceptions:
An object representing the constructor that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
types is null.-or- One of the elements in types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.-or- types and
modifiers do not have the same length.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder.
callConvention:
The object that specifies the set of rules to use regarding the order and
layout of arguments, how the return value is passed, what registers are used
for arguments, and the stack is cleaned up.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the constructor to get.-or- An empty array of the type
System.Type (that is, Type[] types = new Type[0]) to get a constructor that
takes no parameters.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the types array.
The default binder does not process this parameter.

Exceptions:
A System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo object representing the constructor that
matches the specified requirements, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
types is null.-or- One of the elements in types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.-or- types and
modifiers do not have the same length.
System.NotSupportedException:
The current type is a System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder or System.Reflection.Emit.GenericTypeParameterBuilder.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo objects representing all the
public instance constructors defined for the current System.Type, but not
including the type initializer (static constructor). If no public instance
constructors are defined for the current System.Type, or if the current System.Type
represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic
method, an empty array of type System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo is returned.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo objects representing all constructors
defined for the current System.Type that match the specified binding constraints,
including the type initializer if it is defined. Returns an empty array of
type System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo if no constructors are defined for
the current System.Type, if none of the defined constructors match the binding
constraints, or if the current System.Type represents a type parameter in
the definition of a generic type or generic method.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.MemberInfo objects representing all default
members of the current System.Type.-or- An empty array of type System.Reflection.MemberInfo,
if the current System.Type does not have default members.

Exceptions:
The System.Type of the object encompassed or referred to by the current array,
pointer, or reference type, or null if the current System.Type is not an
array or a pointer, or is not passed by reference, or represents a generic
type or a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method.

Parameters:
value:
The value whose name is to be retrieved.

Exceptions:
The name of the member of the current enumeration type that has the specified
value, or null if no such constant is found.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
The current type is not an enumeration.-or-value is neither of the current
type nor does it have the same underlying type as the current type.
System.ArgumentNullException:
value is null.

Exceptions:
An array that contains the names of the members of the enumeration.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
The current type is not an enumeration.

Exceptions:
The underlying type of the current enumeration.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
The current type is not an enumeration.-or-The enumeration type is not valid,
because it contains more than one instance field.

Exceptions:
An array that contains the values. The elements of the array are sorted by
the binary values (that is, the unsigned values) of the enumeration constants.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
The current type is not an enumeration.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of an event that is declared or inherited
by the current System.Type.

Exceptions:
The object representing the specified public event that is declared or inherited
by the current System.Type, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of an event which is declared or inherited
by the current System.Type.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
The object representing the specified event that is declared or inherited
by the current System.Type, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.EventInfo objects representing all the public
events which are declared or inherited by the current System.Type.-or- An
empty array of type System.Reflection.EventInfo, if the current System.Type
does not have public events.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.EventInfo objects representing all events that
are declared or inherited by the current System.Type that match the specified
binding constraints.-or- An empty array of type System.Reflection.EventInfo,
if the current System.Type does not have events, or if none of the events
match the binding constraints.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the data field to get.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public field with the specified name, if found;
otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.
System.NotSupportedException:
This System.Type object is a System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder whose System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.CreateType()
method has not yet been called.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the data field to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An object representing the field that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.FieldInfo objects representing all the public
fields defined for the current System.Type.-or- An empty array of type System.Reflection.FieldInfo,
if no public fields are defined for the current System.Type.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.FieldInfo objects representing all fields defined
for the current System.Type that match the specified binding constraints.-or-
An empty array of type System.Reflection.FieldInfo, if no fields are defined
for the current System.Type, or if none of the defined fields match the binding
constraints.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Type objects that represent the type arguments of a generic
type. Returns an empty array if the current type is not a generic type.

Exceptions:
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class. Derived classes must
provide an implementation.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Type objects that represent the constraints on the current
generic type parameter.

Exceptions:
System.InvalidOperationException:
The current System.Type object is not a generic type parameter. That is,
the System.Type.IsGenericParameter property returns false.

Exceptions:
A System.Type object representing a generic type from which the current type
can be constructed.

Exceptions:
System.InvalidOperationException:
The current type is not a generic type. That is, System.Type.IsGenericType
returns false.
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class. Derived classes must
provide an implementation.

Exceptions:
The hash code for this instance.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the interface to get. For generic interfaces,
this is the mangled name.

Exceptions:
An object representing the interface with the specified name, implemented
or inherited by the current System.Type, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
The current System.Type represents a type that implements the same generic
interface with different type arguments.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the interface to get. For generic interfaces,
this is the mangled name.
ignoreCase:
true to ignore the case of that part of name that specifies the simple interface
name (the part that specifies the namespace must be correctly cased).-or-
false to perform a case-sensitive search for all parts of name.

Exceptions:
An object representing the interface with the specified name, implemented
or inherited by the current System.Type, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
The current System.Type represents a type that implements the same generic
interface with different type arguments.

Parameters:
interfaceType:
The interface type to retrieve a mapping for.

Exceptions:
An object that represents the interface mapping for interfaceType.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
interfaceType is not implemented by the current type. -or-The interfaceType
parameter does not refer to an interface. -or-interfaceType is a generic
interface, and the current type is an array type.
System.ArgumentNullException:
interfaceType is null.
System.InvalidOperationException:
The current System.Type represents a generic type parameter; that is, System.Type.IsGenericParameter
is true.
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class. Derived classes must
provide an implementation.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Type objects representing all the interfaces implemented
or inherited by the current System.Type.-or- An empty array of type System.Type,
if no interfaces are implemented or inherited by the current System.Type.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A static initializer is invoked and throws an exception.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the public members to get.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.MemberInfo objects representing the public
members with the specified name, if found; otherwise, an empty array.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the members to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return an empty array.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.MemberInfo objects representing the public
members with the specified name, if found; otherwise, an empty array.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the members to get.
type:
The value to search for.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return an empty array.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.MemberInfo objects representing the public
members with the specified name, if found; otherwise, an empty array.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.
System.NotSupportedException:
A derived class must provide an implementation.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.MemberInfo objects representing all the public
members of the current System.Type.-or- An empty array of type System.Reflection.MemberInfo,
if the current System.Type does not have public members.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero (System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Default),
to return an empty array.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.MemberInfo objects representing all members
defined for the current System.Type that match the specified binding constraints.-or-
An empty array of type System.Reflection.MemberInfo, if no members are defined
for the current System.Type, or if none of the defined members match the
binding constraints.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the public method to get.

Exceptions:
An object that represents the public method with the specified name, if found;
otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method is found with the specified name.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the method to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An object representing the method that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method is found with the specified name and matching the specified
binding constraints.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the public method to get.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the method to get.-or- An empty array of System.Type
objects (as provided by the System.Type.EmptyTypes field) to get a method
that takes no parameters.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public method whose parameters match the specified
argument types, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method is found with the specified name and specified parameters.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.-or- types is null.-or- One of the elements in types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the public method to get.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the method to get.-or- An empty array of System.Type
objects (as provided by the System.Type.EmptyTypes field) to get a method
that takes no parameters.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the types array.
To be only used when calling through COM interop, and only parameters that
are passed by reference are handled. The default binder does not process
this parameter.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public method that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method is found with the specified name and specified parameters.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.-or- types is null.-or- One of the elements in types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the method to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the method to get.-or- An empty array of System.Type
objects (as provided by the System.Type.EmptyTypes field) to get a method
that takes no parameters.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the types array.
To be only used when calling through COM interop, and only parameters that
are passed by reference are handled. The default binder does not process
this parameter.

Exceptions:
An object representing the method that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method is found with the specified name and matching the specified
binding constraints.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.-or- types is null.-or- One of the elements in types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the method to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder.
callConvention:
The object that specifies the set of rules to use regarding the order and
layout of arguments, how the return value is passed, what registers are used
for arguments, and how the stack is cleaned up.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the method to get.-or- An empty array of System.Type
objects (as provided by the System.Type.EmptyTypes field) to get a method
that takes no parameters.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the types array.
To be only used when calling through COM interop, and only parameters that
are passed by reference are handled. The default binder does not process
this parameter.

Exceptions:
An object representing the method that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method is found with the specified name and matching the specified
binding constraints.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.-or- types is null.-or- One of the elements in types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the method to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder.
callConvention:
The object that specifies the set of rules to use regarding the order and
layout of arguments, how the return value is passed, what registers are used
for arguments, and what process cleans up the stack.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the method to get.-or- An empty array of the type System.Type
(that is, Type[] types = new Type[0]) to get a method that takes no parameters.-or-
null. If types is null, arguments are not matched.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the types array.
The default binder does not process this parameter.

Exceptions:
An object representing the method that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method is found with the specified name and matching the specified
binding constraints.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.-or- types and
modifiers do not have the same length.
System.NotSupportedException:
The current type is a System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder or System.Reflection.Emit.GenericTypeParameterBuilder.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.MethodInfo objects representing all the public
methods defined for the current System.Type.-or- An empty array of type System.Reflection.MethodInfo,
if no public methods are defined for the current System.Type.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.MethodInfo objects representing all methods
defined for the current System.Type that match the specified binding constraints.-or-
An empty array of type System.Reflection.MethodInfo, if no methods are defined
for the current System.Type, or if none of the defined methods match the
binding constraints.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the nested type to get.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public nested type with the specified name, if
found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the nested type to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An object representing the nested type that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Type objects representing the public types nested in the
current System.Type (the search is not recursive), or an empty array of type
System.Type if no public types are nested in the current System.Type.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Type objects representing all the types nested in the
current System.Type that match the specified binding constraints (the search
is not recursive), or an empty array of type System.Type, if no nested types
are found that match the binding constraints.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.PropertyInfo objects representing all public
properties of the current System.Type.-or- An empty array of type System.Reflection.PropertyInfo,
if the current System.Type does not have public properties.

Parameters:
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Reflection.PropertyInfo objects representing all properties
of the current System.Type that match the specified binding constraints.-or-
An empty array of type System.Reflection.PropertyInfo, if the current System.Type
does not have properties, or if none of the properties match the binding
constraints.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the public property to get.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public property with the specified name, if found;
otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one property is found with the specified name. See Remarks.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the property to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.

Exceptions:
An object representing the property that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one property is found with the specified name and matching the
specified binding constraints. See Remarks.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the public property to get.
returnType:
The return type of the property.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public property with the specified name, if found;
otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one property is found with the specified name.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null, or returnType is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the public property to get.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the indexed property to get.-or- An empty array of
the type System.Type (that is, Type[] types = new Type[0]) to get a property
that is not indexed.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public property whose parameters match the specified
argument types, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one property is found with the specified name and matching the
specified argument types.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.-or- types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.
System.NullReferenceException:
An element of types is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the public property to get.
returnType:
The return type of the property.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the indexed property to get.-or- An empty array of
the type System.Type (that is, Type[] types = new Type[0]) to get a property
that is not indexed.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public property whose parameters match the specified
argument types, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one property is found with the specified name and matching the
specified argument types.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.-or- types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.
System.NullReferenceException:
An element of types is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the public property to get.
returnType:
The return type of the property.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the indexed property to get.-or- An empty array of
the type System.Type (that is, Type[] types = new Type[0]) to get a property
that is not indexed.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the types array.
The default binder does not process this parameter.

Exceptions:
An object representing the public property that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one property is found with the specified name and matching the
specified argument types and modifiers.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.-or- types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.-or- types and
modifiers do not have the same length.
System.NullReferenceException:
An element of types is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the property to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder.
returnType:
The return type of the property.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the indexed property to get.-or- An empty array of
the type System.Type (that is, Type[] types = new Type[0]) to get a property
that is not indexed.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the types array.
The default binder does not process this parameter.

Exceptions:
An object representing the property that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one property is found with the specified name and matching the
specified binding constraints.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.-or- types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.-or- types and
modifiers do not have the same length.
System.NullReferenceException:
An element of types is null.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the property to get.
bindingAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted.-or- Zero, to return null.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded member, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder.
returnType:
The return type of the property.
types:
An array of System.Type objects representing the number, order, and type
of the parameters for the indexed property to get.-or- An empty array of
the type System.Type (that is, Type[] types = new Type[0]) to get a property
that is not indexed.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the types array.
The default binder does not process this parameter.

Exceptions:
An object representing the property that matches the specified requirements,
if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one property is found with the specified name and matching the
specified binding constraints.
System.ArgumentNullException:
name is null.-or- types is null.-or- One of the elements in types is null.
System.ArgumentException:
types is multidimensional.-or- modifiers is multidimensional.-or- types and
modifiers do not have the same length.
System.NotSupportedException:
The current type is a System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder, System.Reflection.Emit.EnumBuilder,
or System.Reflection.Emit.GenericTypeParameterBuilder.

Exceptions:
The current System.Type.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A class initializer is invoked and throws an exception.

Parameters:
typeName:
The assembly-qualified name of the type to get. See System.Type.AssemblyQualifiedName.
If the type is in the currently executing assembly or in Mscorlib.dll, it
is sufficient to supply the type name qualified by its namespace.

Exceptions:
The type with the specified name, if found; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
typeName is null.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A class initializer is invoked and throws an exception.
System.ArgumentException:
typeName represents a generic type that has a pointer type, a ByRef type,
or System.Void as one of its type arguments.-or-typeName represents a generic
type that has an incorrect number of type arguments.-or-typeName represents
a generic type, and one of its type arguments does not satisfy the constraints
for the corresponding type parameter.
System.TypeLoadException:
typeName represents an array of System.TypedReference.
System.IO.FileLoadException:
In the .NET for Windows Store apps or the Portable Class Library, catch the
base class exception, System.IO.IOException, instead.The assembly or one
of its dependencies was found, but could not be loaded.
System.BadImageFormatException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies is not valid. -or-Version 2.0 or
later of the common language runtime is currently loaded, and the assembly
was compiled with a later version.

Parameters:
typeName:
The assembly-qualified name of the type to get. See System.Type.AssemblyQualifiedName.
If the type is in the currently executing assembly or in Mscorlib.dll, it
is sufficient to supply the type name qualified by its namespace.
throwOnError:
true to throw an exception if the type cannot be found; false to return null.
Specifying false also suppresses some other exception conditions, but not
all of them. See the Exceptions section.

Exceptions:
The type with the specified name. If the type is not found, the throwOnError
parameter specifies whether null is returned or an exception is thrown. In
some cases, an exception is thrown regardless of the value of throwOnError.
See the Exceptions section.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
typeName is null.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A class initializer is invoked and throws an exception.
System.TypeLoadException:
throwOnError is true and the type is not found. -or-throwOnError is true
and typeName contains invalid characters, such as an embedded tab.-or-throwOnError
is true and typeName is an empty string.-or-throwOnError is true and typeName
represents an array type with an invalid size. -or-typeName represents an
array of System.TypedReference.
System.ArgumentException:
throwOnError is true and typeName contains invalid syntax. For example, "MyType[,*,]".-or-
typeName represents a generic type that has a pointer type, a ByRef type,
or System.Void as one of its type arguments.-or-typeName represents a generic
type that has an incorrect number of type arguments.-or-typeName represents
a generic type, and one of its type arguments does not satisfy the constraints
for the corresponding type parameter.
System.IO.FileNotFoundException:
throwOnError is true and the assembly or one of its dependencies was not
found.
System.IO.FileLoadException:
In the .NET for Windows Store apps or the Portable Class Library, catch the
base class exception, System.IO.IOException, instead.The assembly or one
of its dependencies was found, but could not be loaded.
System.BadImageFormatException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies is not valid. -or-Version 2.0 or
later of the common language runtime is currently loaded, and the assembly
was compiled with a later version.

Parameters:
typeName:
The assembly-qualified name of the type to get. See System.Type.AssemblyQualifiedName.
If the type is in the currently executing assembly or in Mscorlib.dll, it
is sufficient to supply the type name qualified by its namespace.
throwOnError:
true to throw an exception if the type cannot be found; false to return null.Specifying
false also suppresses some other exception conditions, but not all of them.
See the Exceptions section.
ignoreCase:
true to perform a case-insensitive search for typeName, false to perform
a case-sensitive search for typeName.

Exceptions:
The type with the specified name. If the type is not found, the throwOnError
parameter specifies whether null is returned or an exception is thrown. In
some cases, an exception is thrown regardless of the value of throwOnError.
See the Exceptions section.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
typeName is null.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A class initializer is invoked and throws an exception.
System.TypeLoadException:
throwOnError is true and the type is not found. -or-throwOnError is true
and typeName contains invalid characters, such as an embedded tab.-or-throwOnError
is true and typeName is an empty string.-or-throwOnError is true and typeName
represents an array type with an invalid size. -or-typeName represents an
array of System.TypedReference.
System.ArgumentException:
throwOnError is true and typeName contains invalid syntax. For example, "MyType[,*,]".-or-
typeName represents a generic type that has a pointer type, a ByRef type,
or System.Void as one of its type arguments.-or-typeName represents a generic
type that has an incorrect number of type arguments.-or-typeName represents
a generic type, and one of its type arguments does not satisfy the constraints
for the corresponding type parameter.
System.IO.FileNotFoundException:
throwOnError is true and the assembly or one of its dependencies was not
found.
System.IO.FileLoadException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies was found, but could not be loaded.
System.BadImageFormatException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies is not valid. -or-Version 2.0 or
later of the common language runtime is currently loaded, and the assembly
was compiled with a later version.

Parameters:
typeName:
The name of the type to get. If the typeResolver parameter is provided, the
type name can be any string that typeResolver is capable of resolving. If
the assemblyResolver parameter is provided or if standard type resolution
is used, typeName must be an assembly-qualified name (see System.Type.AssemblyQualifiedName),
unless the type is in the currently executing assembly or in Mscorlib.dll,
in which case it is sufficient to supply the type name qualified by its namespace.
assemblyResolver:
A method that locates and returns the assembly that is specified in typeName.
The assembly name is passed to assemblyResolver as an System.Reflection.AssemblyName
object. If typeName does not contain the name of an assembly, assemblyResolver
is not called. If assemblyResolver is not supplied, standard assembly resolution
is performed. Caution   Do not pass methods from unknown or untrusted callers.
Doing so could result in elevation of privilege for malicious code. Use only
methods that you provide or that you are familiar with.
typeResolver:
A method that locates and returns the type that is specified by typeName
from the assembly that is returned by assemblyResolver or by standard assembly
resolution. If no assembly is provided, the typeResolver method can provide
one. The method also takes a parameter that specifies whether to perform
a case-insensitive search; false is passed to that parameter. Caution   Do
not pass methods from unknown or untrusted callers.

Exceptions:
The type with the specified name, or null if the type is not found.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
typeName is null.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A class initializer is invoked and throws an exception.
System.ArgumentException:
An error occurs when typeName is parsed into a type name and an assembly
name (for example, when the simple type name includes an unescaped special
character).-or-typeName represents a generic type that has a pointer type,
a ByRef type, or System.Void as one of its type arguments.-or-typeName represents
a generic type that has an incorrect number of type arguments.-or-typeName
represents a generic type, and one of its type arguments does not satisfy
the constraints for the corresponding type parameter.
System.TypeLoadException:
typeName represents an array of System.TypedReference.
System.IO.FileLoadException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies was found, but could not be loaded.
-or-typeName contains an invalid assembly name.-or-typeName is a valid assembly
name without a type name.
System.BadImageFormatException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies is not valid. -or-The assembly was
compiled with a later version of the common language runtime than the version
that is currently loaded.

Parameters:
typeName:
The name of the type to get. If the typeResolver parameter is provided, the
type name can be any string that typeResolver is capable of resolving. If
the assemblyResolver parameter is provided or if standard type resolution
is used, typeName must be an assembly-qualified name (see System.Type.AssemblyQualifiedName),
unless the type is in the currently executing assembly or in Mscorlib.dll,
in which case it is sufficient to supply the type name qualified by its namespace.
assemblyResolver:
A method that locates and returns the assembly that is specified in typeName.
The assembly name is passed to assemblyResolver as an System.Reflection.AssemblyName
object. If typeName does not contain the name of an assembly, assemblyResolver
is not called. If assemblyResolver is not supplied, standard assembly resolution
is performed. Caution   Do not pass methods from unknown or untrusted callers.
Doing so could result in elevation of privilege for malicious code. Use only
methods that you provide or that you are familiar with.
typeResolver:
A method that locates and returns the type that is specified by typeName
from the assembly that is returned by assemblyResolver or by standard assembly
resolution. If no assembly is provided, the method can provide one. The method
also takes a parameter that specifies whether to perform a case-insensitive
search; false is passed to that parameter. Caution   Do not pass methods
from unknown or untrusted callers.
throwOnError:
true to throw an exception if the type cannot be found; false to return null.
Specifying false also suppresses some other exception conditions, but not
all of them. See the Exceptions section.

Exceptions:
The type with the specified name. If the type is not found, the throwOnError
parameter specifies whether null is returned or an exception is thrown. In
some cases, an exception is thrown regardless of the value of throwOnError.
See the Exceptions section.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
typeName is null.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A class initializer is invoked and throws an exception.
System.TypeLoadException:
throwOnError is true and the type is not found. -or-throwOnError is true
and typeName contains invalid characters, such as an embedded tab.-or-throwOnError
is true and typeName is an empty string.-or-throwOnError is true and typeName
represents an array type with an invalid size. -or-typeName represents an
array of System.TypedReference.
System.ArgumentException:
An error occurs when typeName is parsed into a type name and an assembly
name (for example, when the simple type name includes an unescaped special
character).-or-throwOnError is true and typeName contains invalid syntax
(for example, "MyType[,*,]").-or- typeName represents a generic type that
has a pointer type, a ByRef type, or System.Void as one of its type arguments.-or-typeName
represents a generic type that has an incorrect number of type arguments.-or-typeName
represents a generic type, and one of its type arguments does not satisfy
the constraints for the corresponding type parameter.
System.IO.FileNotFoundException:
throwOnError is true and the assembly or one of its dependencies was not
found. -or-typeName contains an invalid assembly name.-or-typeName is a valid
assembly name without a type name.
System.IO.FileLoadException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies was found, but could not be loaded.
System.BadImageFormatException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies is not valid. -or-The assembly was
compiled with a later version of the common language runtime than the version
that is currently loaded.

Parameters:
typeName:
The name of the type to get. If the typeResolver parameter is provided, the
type name can be any string that typeResolver is capable of resolving. If
the assemblyResolver parameter is provided or if standard type resolution
is used, typeName must be an assembly-qualified name (see System.Type.AssemblyQualifiedName),
unless the type is in the currently executing assembly or in Mscorlib.dll,
in which case it is sufficient to supply the type name qualified by its namespace.
assemblyResolver:
A method that locates and returns the assembly that is specified in typeName.
The assembly name is passed to assemblyResolver as an System.Reflection.AssemblyName
object. If typeName does not contain the name of an assembly, assemblyResolver
is not called. If assemblyResolver is not supplied, standard assembly resolution
is performed. Caution   Do not pass methods from unknown or untrusted callers.
Doing so could result in elevation of privilege for malicious code. Use only
methods that you provide or that you are familiar with.
typeResolver:
A method that locates and returns the type that is specified by typeName
from the assembly that is returned by assemblyResolver or by standard assembly
resolution. If no assembly is provided, the method can provide one. The method
also takes a parameter that specifies whether to perform a case-insensitive
search; the value of ignoreCase is passed to that parameter. Caution   Do
not pass methods from unknown or untrusted callers.
throwOnError:
true to throw an exception if the type cannot be found; false to return null.
Specifying false also suppresses some other exception conditions, but not
all of them. See the Exceptions section.
ignoreCase:
true to perform a case-insensitive search for typeName, false to perform
a case-sensitive search for typeName.

Exceptions:
The type with the specified name. If the type is not found, the throwOnError
parameter specifies whether null is returned or an exception is thrown. In
some cases, an exception is thrown regardless of the value of throwOnError.
See the Exceptions section.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
typeName is null.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A class initializer is invoked and throws an exception.
System.TypeLoadException:
throwOnError is true and the type is not found. -or-throwOnError is true
and typeName contains invalid characters, such as an embedded tab.-or-throwOnError
is true and typeName is an empty string.-or-throwOnError is true and typeName
represents an array type with an invalid size. -or-typeName represents an
array of System.TypedReference.
System.ArgumentException:
An error occurs when typeName is parsed into a type name and an assembly
name (for example, when the simple type name includes an unescaped special
character).-or-throwOnError is true and typeName contains invalid syntax
(for example, "MyType[,*,]").-or- typeName represents a generic type that
has a pointer type, a ByRef type, or System.Void as one of its type arguments.-or-typeName
represents a generic type that has an incorrect number of type arguments.-or-typeName
represents a generic type, and one of its type arguments does not satisfy
the constraints for the corresponding type parameter.
System.IO.FileNotFoundException:
throwOnError is true and the assembly or one of its dependencies was not
found.
System.IO.FileLoadException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies was found, but could not be loaded.
-or-typeName contains an invalid assembly name.-or-typeName is a valid assembly
name without a type name.
System.BadImageFormatException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies is not valid. -or-The assembly was
compiled with a later version of the common language runtime than the version
that is currently loaded.

Parameters:
args:
An array of objects whose types to determine.

Exceptions:
An array of System.Type objects representing the types of the corresponding
elements in args.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
args is null.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
The class initializers are invoked and at least one throws an exception.

Parameters:
type:
The type whose underlying type code to get.

Exceptions:
The code of the underlying type, or System.TypeCode.Empty if type is null.

Exceptions:
The code of the underlying type.

Parameters:
clsid:
The CLSID of the type to get.

Exceptions:
System.__ComObject regardless of whether the CLSID is valid.

Parameters:
clsid:
The CLSID of the type to get.
throwOnError:
true to throw any exception that occurs.-or- false to ignore any exception
that occurs.

Exceptions:
System.__ComObject regardless of whether the CLSID is valid.

Parameters:
clsid:
The CLSID of the type to get.
server:
The server from which to load the type. If the server name is null, this
method automatically reverts to the local machine.

Exceptions:
System.__ComObject regardless of whether the CLSID is valid.

Parameters:
clsid:
The CLSID of the type to get.
server:
The server from which to load the type. If the server name is null, this
method automatically reverts to the local machine.
throwOnError:
true to throw any exception that occurs.-or- false to ignore any exception
that occurs.

Exceptions:
System.__ComObject regardless of whether the CLSID is valid.

Parameters:
handle:
The object that refers to the type.

Exceptions:
The type referenced by the specified System.RuntimeTypeHandle, or null if
the System.RuntimeTypeHandle.Value property of handle is null.

Exceptions:
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A class initializer is invoked and throws an exception.

Parameters:
progID:
The ProgID of the type to get.

Exceptions:
The type associated with the specified ProgID, if progID is a valid entry
in the registry and a type is associated with it; otherwise, null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
progID is null.

Parameters:
progID:
The ProgID of the type to get.
throwOnError:
true to throw any exception that occurs.-or- false to ignore any exception
that occurs.

Exceptions:
The type associated with the specified program identifier (ProgID), if progID
is a valid entry in the registry and a type is associated with it; otherwise,
null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
progID is null.
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException:
The specified ProgID is not registered.

Parameters:
progID:
The progID of the type to get.
server:
The server from which to load the type. If the server name is null, this
method automatically reverts to the local machine.

Exceptions:
The type associated with the specified program identifier (progID), if progID
is a valid entry in the registry and a type is associated with it; otherwise,
null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
prodID is null.

Parameters:
progID:
The progID of the System.Type to get.
server:
The server from which to load the type. If the server name is null, this
method automatically reverts to the local machine.
throwOnError:
true to throw any exception that occurs.-or- false to ignore any exception
that occurs.

Exceptions:
The type associated with the specified program identifier (progID), if progID
is a valid entry in the registry and a type is associated with it; otherwise,
null.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
progID is null.
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException:
The specified progID is not registered.

Parameters:
o:
The object for which to get the type handle.

Exceptions:
The handle for the System.Type of the specified System.Object.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
o is null.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is an array, a pointer, or is passed by reference;
otherwise, false.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the constructor, method, property, or field
member to invoke.-or- An empty string ("") to invoke the default member.
-or-For IDispatch members, a string representing the DispID, for example
"[DispID=3]".
invokeAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted. The access can be one of the BindingFlags such
as Public, NonPublic, Private, InvokeMethod, GetField, and so on. The type
of lookup need not be specified. If the type of lookup is omitted, BindingFlags.Public
| BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static are used.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder. Note that explicitly
defining a System.Reflection.Binder object may be required for successfully
invoking method overloads with variable arguments.
target:
The object on which to invoke the specified member.
args:
An array containing the arguments to pass to the member to invoke.

Exceptions:
An object representing the return value of the invoked member.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
invokeAttr does not contain CreateInstance and name is null.
System.ArgumentException:
invokeAttr is not a valid System.Reflection.BindingFlags attribute. -or-
invokeAttr does not contain one of the following binding flags: InvokeMethod,
CreateInstance, GetField, SetField, GetProperty, or SetProperty. -or- invokeAttr
contains CreateInstance combined with InvokeMethod, GetField, SetField, GetProperty,
or SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr contains both GetField and SetField.-or- invokeAttr
contains both GetProperty and SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr contains InvokeMethod
combined with SetField or SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr contains SetField and
args has more than one element.-or- This method is called on a COM object
and one of the following binding flags was not passed in: BindingFlags.InvokeMethod,
BindingFlags.GetProperty, BindingFlags.SetProperty, BindingFlags.PutDispProperty,
or BindingFlags.PutRefDispProperty.-or- One of the named parameter arrays
contains a string that is null.
System.MethodAccessException:
The specified member is a class initializer.
System.MissingFieldException:
The field or property cannot be found.
System.MissingMethodException:
No method can be found that matches the arguments in args.-or- The current
System.Type object represents a type that contains open type parameters,
that is, System.Type.ContainsGenericParameters returns true.
System.Reflection.TargetException:
The specified member cannot be invoked on target.
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method matches the binding criteria.
System.NotSupportedException:
The .NET Compact Framework does not currently support this method.
System.InvalidOperationException:
The method represented by name has one or more unspecified generic type parameters.
That is, the method's System.Reflection.MethodInfo.ContainsGenericParameters
property returns true.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the constructor, method, property, or field
member to invoke.-or- An empty string ("") to invoke the default member.
-or-For IDispatch members, a string representing the DispID, for example
"[DispID=3]".
invokeAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted. The access can be one of the BindingFlags such
as Public, NonPublic, Private, InvokeMethod, GetField, and so on. The type
of lookup need not be specified. If the type of lookup is omitted, BindingFlags.Public
| BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static are used.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder. Note that explicitly
defining a System.Reflection.Binder object may be required for successfully
invoking method overloads with variable arguments.
target:
The object on which to invoke the specified member.
args:
An array containing the arguments to pass to the member to invoke.
culture:
The object representing the globalization locale to use, which may be necessary
for locale-specific conversions, such as converting a numeric System.String
to a System.Double.-or- A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) to use
the current thread's System.Globalization.CultureInfo.

Exceptions:
An object representing the return value of the invoked member.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
invokeAttr does not contain CreateInstance and name is null.
System.ArgumentException:
invokeAttr is not a valid System.Reflection.BindingFlags attribute. -or-
invokeAttr does not contain one of the following binding flags: InvokeMethod,
CreateInstance, GetField, SetField, GetProperty, or SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr
contains CreateInstance combined with InvokeMethod, GetField, SetField, GetProperty,
or SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr contains both GetField and SetField.-or- invokeAttr
contains both GetProperty and SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr contains InvokeMethod
combined with SetField or SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr contains SetField and
args has more than one element.-or- This method is called on a COM object
and one of the following binding flags was not passed in: BindingFlags.InvokeMethod,
BindingFlags.GetProperty, BindingFlags.SetProperty, BindingFlags.PutDispProperty,
or BindingFlags.PutRefDispProperty.-or- One of the named parameter arrays
contains a string that is null.
System.MethodAccessException:
The specified member is a class initializer.
System.MissingFieldException:
The field or property cannot be found.
System.MissingMethodException:
No method can be found that matches the arguments in args.-or- The current
System.Type object represents a type that contains open type parameters,
that is, System.Type.ContainsGenericParameters returns true.
System.Reflection.TargetException:
The specified member cannot be invoked on target.
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method matches the binding criteria.
System.InvalidOperationException:
The method represented by name has one or more unspecified generic type parameters.
That is, the method's System.Reflection.MethodInfo.ContainsGenericParameters
property returns true.

Parameters:
name:
The string containing the name of the constructor, method, property, or field
member to invoke.-or- An empty string ("") to invoke the default member.
-or-For IDispatch members, a string representing the DispID, for example
"[DispID=3]".
invokeAttr:
A bitmask comprised of one or more System.Reflection.BindingFlags that specify
how the search is conducted. The access can be one of the BindingFlags such
as Public, NonPublic, Private, InvokeMethod, GetField, and so on. The type
of lookup need not be specified. If the type of lookup is omitted, BindingFlags.Public
| BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static are used.
binder:
An object that defines a set of properties and enables binding, which can
involve selection of an overloaded method, coercion of argument types, and
invocation of a member through reflection.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic), to use the System.Type.DefaultBinder. Note that explicitly
defining a System.Reflection.Binder object may be required for successfully
invoking method overloads with variable arguments.
target:
The object on which to invoke the specified member.
args:
An array containing the arguments to pass to the member to invoke.
modifiers:
An array of System.Reflection.ParameterModifier objects representing the
attributes associated with the corresponding element in the args array. A
parameter's associated attributes are stored in the member's signature. The
default binder processes this parameter only when calling a COM component.
culture:
The System.Globalization.CultureInfo object representing the globalization
locale to use, which may be necessary for locale-specific conversions, such
as converting a numeric String to a Double.-or- A null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic) to use the current thread's System.Globalization.CultureInfo.
named
Parameters:
An array containing the names of the parameters to which the values in the
args array are passed.

Exceptions:
An object representing the return value of the invoked member.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
invokeAttr does not contain CreateInstance and name is null.
System.ArgumentException:
args and modifiers do not have the same length.-or- invokeAttr is not a valid
System.Reflection.BindingFlags attribute.-or- invokeAttr does not contain
one of the following binding flags: InvokeMethod, CreateInstance, GetField,
SetField, GetProperty, or SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr contains CreateInstance
combined with InvokeMethod, GetField, SetField, GetProperty, or SetProperty.-or-
invokeAttr contains both GetField and SetField.-or- invokeAttr contains both
GetProperty and SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr contains InvokeMethod combined
with SetField or SetProperty.-or- invokeAttr contains SetField and args has
more than one element.-or- The named parameter array is larger than the argument
array.-or- This method is called on a COM object and one of the following
binding flags was not passed in: BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, BindingFlags.GetProperty,
BindingFlags.SetProperty, BindingFlags.PutDispProperty, or BindingFlags.PutRefDispProperty.-or-
One of the named parameter arrays contains a string that is null.
System.MethodAccessException:
The specified member is a class initializer.
System.MissingFieldException:
The field or property cannot be found.
System.MissingMethodException:
No method can be found that matches the arguments in args.-or- No member
can be found that has the argument names supplied in namedParameters.-or-
The current System.Type object represents a type that contains open type
parameters, that is, System.Type.ContainsGenericParameters returns true.
System.Reflection.TargetException:
The specified member cannot be invoked on target.
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException:
More than one method matches the binding criteria.
System.InvalidOperationException:
The method represented by name has one or more unspecified generic type parameters.
That is, the method's System.Reflection.MethodInfo.ContainsGenericParameters
property returns true.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is an array; otherwise, false.

Parameters:
c:
The type to compare with the current type.

Exceptions:
true if any of the following conditions is true: c and the current instance
represent the same type. c is derived either directly or indirectly from
the current instance. The current instance is an interface that c implements.
c is a generic type parameter, and the current instance represents one of
the constraints of c. c represents a value type, and the current instance
represents Nullable<c> (Nullable(Of c) in Visual Basic).false if none of
these conditions are true, or if c is null.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is passed by reference; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is a COM object; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type can be hosted in a context; otherwise, false.

Parameters:
value:
The value to be tested.

Exceptions:
true if the specified value is a member of the current enumeration type;
otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentException:
The current type is not an enumeration.
System.ArgumentNullException:
value is null.
System.InvalidOperationException:
value is of a type that cannot be the underlying type of an enumeration.

Parameters:
other:
The COM type that is tested for equivalence with the current type.

Exceptions:
true if the COM types are equivalent; otherwise, false. This method also
returns false if one type is in an assembly that is loaded for execution,
and the other is in an assembly that is loaded into the reflection-only context.

Parameters:
o:
The object to compare with the current type.

Exceptions:
true if the current Type is in the inheritance hierarchy of the object represented
by o, or if the current Type is an interface that o implements. false if
neither of these conditions is the case, if o is null, or if the current
Type is an open generic type (that is, System.Type.ContainsGenericParameters
returns true).

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is marshaled by reference; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is a pointer; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is one of the primitive types; otherwise, false.

Parameters:
c:
The type to compare with the current type.

Exceptions:
true if the current Type derives from c; otherwise, false. This method also
returns false if c and the current Type are equal.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
c is null.

Exceptions:
true if the System.Type is a value type; otherwise, false.

Exceptions:
A System.Type object representing a one-dimensional array of the current
type, with a lower bound of zero.

Exceptions:
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class. Derived classes must
provide an implementation.
System.TypeLoadException:
The current type is System.TypedReference.-or-The current type is a ByRef
type. That is, System.Type.IsByRef returns true.

Parameters:
rank:
The number of dimensions for the array. This number must be less than or
equal to 32.

Exceptions:
An object representing an array of the current type, with the specified number
of dimensions.

Exceptions:
System.IndexOutOfRangeException:
rank is invalid. For example, 0 or negative.
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class.
System.TypeLoadException:
The current type is System.TypedReference.-or-The current type is a ByRef
type. That is, System.Type.IsByRef returns true. -or-rank is greater than
32.

Exceptions:
A System.Type object that represents the current type when passed as a ref
parameter (ByRef parameter in Visual Basic).

Exceptions:
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class.
System.TypeLoadException:
The current type is System.TypedReference.-or-The current type is a ByRef
type. That is, System.Type.IsByRef returns true.

Parameters:
typeArguments:
An array of types to be substituted for the type parameters of the current
generic type.

Exceptions:
A System.Type representing the constructed type formed by substituting the
elements of typeArguments for the type parameters of the current generic
type.

Exceptions:
System.InvalidOperationException:
The current type does not represent a generic type definition. That is, System.Type.IsGenericTypeDefinition
returns false.
System.ArgumentNullException:
typeArguments is null.-or- Any element of typeArguments is null.
System.ArgumentException:
The number of elements in typeArguments is not the same as the number of
type parameters in the current generic type definition.-or- Any element of
typeArguments does not satisfy the constraints specified for the corresponding
type parameter of the current generic type. -or- typeArguments contains an
element that is a pointer type (System.Type.IsPointer returns true), a by-ref
type (System.Type.IsByRef returns true), or System.Void.
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class. Derived classes must
provide an implementation.

Exceptions:
A System.Type object that represents a pointer to the current type.

Exceptions:
System.NotSupportedException:
The invoked method is not supported in the base class.
System.TypeLoadException:
The current type is System.TypedReference.-or-The current type is a ByRef
type. That is, System.Type.IsByRef returns true.

Parameters:
typeName:
The assembly-qualified name of the System.Type to get.
throwIfNotFound:
true to throw a System.TypeLoadException if the type cannot be found; false
to return null if the type cannot be found. Specifying false also suppresses
some other exception conditions, but not all of them. See the Exceptions
section.
ignoreCase:
true to perform a case-insensitive search for typeName; false to perform
a case-sensitive search for typeName.

Exceptions:
The type with the specified name, if found; otherwise, null. If the type
is not found, the throwIfNotFound parameter specifies whether null is returned
or an exception is thrown. In some cases, an exception is thrown regardless
of the value of throwIfNotFound. See the Exceptions section.

Exceptions:
System.ArgumentNullException:
typeName is null.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
A class initializer is invoked and throws an exception.
System.TypeLoadException:
throwIfNotFound is true and the type is not found. -or-throwIfNotFound is
true and typeName contains invalid characters, such as an embedded tab.-or-throwIfNotFound
is true and typeName is an empty string.-or-throwIfNotFound is true and typeName
represents an array type with an invalid size. -or-typeName represents an
array of System.TypedReference objects.
System.ArgumentException:
typeName does not include the assembly name.-or-throwIfNotFound is true and
typeName contains invalid syntax; for example, "MyType[,*,]".-or-typeName
represents a generic type that has a pointer type, a ByRef type, or System.Void
as one of its type arguments.-or-typeName represents a generic type that
has an incorrect number of type arguments.-or-typeName represents a generic
type, and one of its type arguments does not satisfy the constraints for
the corresponding type parameter.
System.IO.FileNotFoundException:
throwIfNotFound is true and the assembly or one of its dependencies was not
found.
System.IO.FileLoadException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies was found, but could not be loaded.
System.BadImageFormatException:
The assembly or one of its dependencies is not valid. -or-The assembly was
compiled with a later version of the common language runtime than the version
that is currently loaded.

Exceptions:
A System.String representing the name of the current System.Type.