14.5.11 The typeof operator

The typeof operator is used to obtain the System.Type object for a type.
typeof-expression:
typeof ( type )
typeof ( void )
The first form of typeof-expression consists of a typeof keyword followed by
a parenthesized type. The
result of an expression of this form is the System.Type object for the
indicated type. There is only one
System.Type object for any given type. [Note: This means that for type T,
typeof(T) == typeof(T)
is always true. end note]
The second form of typeof-expression consists of a typeof keyword followed
by a parenthesized void
keyword. The result of an expression of this form is the System.Type object
that represents the absence of
a type. The type object returned by typeof(void) is distinct from the type
object returned for any type.
[Note: This special type object is useful in class libraries that allow
reflection onto methods in the language,
where those methods wish to have a way to represent the return type of any
method, including void methods,
with an instance of System.Type. end note]
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[Example: The example
using System;
class Test
{
static void Main() {
Type[] t = {
typeof(int),
typeof(System.Int32),
typeof(string),
typeof(double[]),
typeof(void) };
for (int i = 0; i < t.Length; i++) {
Console.WriteLine(t[i].FullName);
}
}
}
produces the following output:
System.Int32
System.Int32
System.String
System.Double[]
System.Void
Note that int and System.Int32 are the same type. end example]