Type.GetMethod Method (String)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetMethod ( _
    name As String _
) As MethodInfo

public MethodInfo GetMethod(
    string name
)

Exceptions

Remarks

The search for name is case-sensitive. The search includes public static and public instance methods.

Note:
You cannot omit parameters when looking up constructors and methods. You can only omit parameters when invoking.

If the current T:System.Type represents a constructed generic type, this method returns the MethodInfo with the type parameters replaced by the appropriate type arguments.

If the current Type represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method, this method searches the methods of the class constraint, or the methods of Object if there is no class constraint.

Note:
For generic methods, do not include the type arguments in name. For example, the C# code GetMember("MyMethod<int>") searches for a member with the text name "MyMethod<int>", rather than for a method named MyMethod that has one generic argument of type int.

Examples

The following example gets a method named MethodA.

Note:
To run this example, see Building Examples That Use a Demo Method and a TextBlock Control.

Imports System.Reflection

Class Example

   ' Method to get:
   Public Sub MethodA()
   End Sub


   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

      ' Get MethodA()
      Dim mInfo As MethodInfo = GetType(Example).GetMethod("MethodA")
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Found method: {0}", mInfo) & vbCrLf

   End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.Reflection;

class Example
{

   // Method to get:
   public void MethodA() { }


   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {

      // Get MethodA()
      MethodInfo mInfo = typeof(Example).GetMethod("MethodA");
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Found method: {0}", mInfo) + "\n";

   }
}

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

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

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

Reference