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title Platform::Type Class | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date 12/30/2016
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Platform::Type Class
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Platform::Type Class

Contains run-time information about a type—specifically, a string name and a typecode. Obtained by calling Object::GetType Method on any object or or using the typeid operator on a class or struct name.

Syntax

public ref class Platform::Type :      Platform::Object,      Platform::Details::IEquatable,      Platform::Details::IPrintable

Remarks

The Type class is useful in applications that must direct processing by using an if or switch statement that branches based on the run-time type of an object. The type code that describes the category of a type is retrieved by using the Type::GetTypeCode Method member function..

Public methods
Type::GetTypeCode Method Returns a Platform::TypeCode Enumeration value for the object.

Public properties
Type::FullName Property Returns a Platform::String Class^ that represents the fully qualified name of the type, and uses . (dot) as a separator, not :: (double colon)—for example, “MyNamespace.MyClass”.

Conversion operators
operator Type^ Enables conversion from Windows::UI::Xaml::Interop::TypeName to Platform::Type.
operator Windows::UI::Xaml::Interop::TypeName Enables conversion from Platform::Type to Windows::UI::Xaml::Interop::TypeName.

Requirements

Minimum supported client: [!INCLUDEwin8]

Minimum supported server: [!INCLUDEwinserver8]

Namespace: Platform

Metadata: platform.winmd

See Also

Platform namespace