Description

The System.Type class is abstract, as is the System.Reflection.MemberInfo class and its subclasses System.Reflection.FieldInfo, System.Reflection.PropertyInfo, System.Reflection.MethodBase, and System.Reflection.EventInfo. System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo and System.Reflection.MethodInfo are subclasses of System.Reflection.MethodBase. The runtime provides non-public implementations of these classes. [Note: For example, System.Type.GetMethod is typed as returning a System.Reflection.MethodInfo object. The returned object is actually an instance of the non-public runtime type that implements System.Reflection.MethodInfo.]

A conforming CLI program which is written to run on only the Kernel profile cannot subclass System.Type. [Note: ...

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