The GetType
Keyword
Each time you create an instance of a class, the .NET runtime creates an instance behind the scenes of the System.Type
class that represents your object. Because in the .NET development you have the ability to inspect at runtime instances of the System.Type
class (known as Reflection) and to get a reference to that System.Type
, the Visual Basic programming language offers the GetType
keyword that enables accomplishing both tasks. The GetType
keyword has two different behaviors: The first one is an operator whereas the second one is a method; typically GetType
is used in comparing two instances of an object or in accessing metadata of a type at runtime. To understand GetType
, here are a few examples. Consider this first code ...
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