C# Type MakeByRefType

Description

Type MakeByRefType returns a Type object that represents the current type when passed as a ref parameter (ByRef parameter in Visual Basic).

Syntax

Type.MakeByRefType has the following syntax.

public virtual Type MakeByRefType()

Returns

Type.MakeByRefType method returns A Type object that represents the current type when passed as a ref parameter (ByRef parameter in Visual Basic).

Example

The following code example creates array, ref (ByRef in Visual Basic), and pointer types for the Test class.

/*from   w w  w .j  a v a  2 s . c  o  m*/
using System;
using System.Reflection;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Type t = typeof(Example).MakeArrayType();
        t = typeof(Example).MakeByRefType();
        Console.WriteLine("\r\nByRef Example: {0}", t);

    }
}

The code above generates the following result.