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TypeExtensions

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Assembly Catel.Core
Namespace Catel.Reflection
Available on .NET Framework 4.5, .NET Framework 4.6, Portable Class Libraries, Xamarin - Android, Xamarin - iOS 
public static class TypeExtensions

Extensions for the type class.

Methods

GetCollectionElementType(Type type)

Gets the element type of the collection.

Parameters

Name Description
type The type.

Returns

Type.

Exceptions

Name Description
ArgumentNullException The type isnull.

IsBasicType(Type type)

Determines whether the specified type is a basic type. A basic type is one that can be wholly expressed as an XML attribute. All primitive data types and and are basic types.

Parameters

Name Description
type The type to check.

Returns

true if the specified type is a basic type; otherwise,false.

Exceptions

Name Description
ArgumentNullException The type isnull.

IsClassType(Type type)

Determines whether the specified type is a class type, meaning it is not a value type but also not a string or any of the primitive types in .NET.

Parameters

Name Description
type The type.

Returns

true if this type is a class type; otherwise,false.

IsCollection(Type type)

Determines whether the specified type is a collection.

Parameters

Name Description
type The type.

Returns

true if the specified type is a collection; otherwise,false.

IsDictionary(Type type)

Determines whether the specified type is a dictionary.

Parameters

Name Description
type The type.

Returns

true if the specified type is a dictionary; otherwise,false.

IsModelBase(Type type)

Determines whether the specified type derives from ModelBase.

Parameters

Name Description
type The type.

Returns

true if the specified type is a model base; otherwise,false.

Exceptions

Name Description
ArgumentNullException The type isnull.

IsNullableType(Type type)

Returns whether a type is nullable or not.

Parameters

Name Description
type Type to check.

Returns

True if the type is nullable, otherwise false.

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