VarTypeRef Class

Create a VarTypeRef.

Create a VarTypeRef.

Create a VarTypeRef.

This property is just to make debugging easier.

Annotations (comments, attributes, directives, messages) associated with the current code object.

The array ranks of the type reference (if any).

The descriptive category of the SymbolicRef.

The column number associated with the CodeObject (if any, 0 if none).

The comment for the code object (if any).

The documentation comment for the code object (if any).

True if the referenced type should display as a type name instead of a keyword if it's a primitive type.

The End-Of-Line comment for the code object (if any).

True if the code object has any annotations.

True if the type reference has any array ranks.

True if the code object has any attributes.

True if the code object has any comments of any kind.

True if the code object has any compiler directive annotations.

True if the code object has any documentation comments.

True if the code object has any EOL comments.

True if the code object has any EOL or Postfix annotations.

True if the code object has any error messages.

True if the code object has any annotations on separate lines.

True if the code object has any Infix comments.

True if the code object has any generated messages.

Determines if the code object has no indentation.

True if the code object has any regular (non-doc) preceding (non-EOL, non-Infix, non-Postfix) comments.

True if the expression is surrounded by parens.

True if the expression should have parens by default.

True if the code object has any postfix annotations.

Determines if the code object has a terminator character.

True if there are any type arguments.

Any hidden reference to another CodeObject.

The infix comment for the code object (if any).

True if the referenced type is abstract.

True if the type reference is an array.

True if the referenced type is a bit-flags enum.

True if the referenced type is a built-in type (has a keyword). The built-in types are: object, void, sbyte, byte, short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, char, bool, string, float, double, decimal

True if the referenced type is a built-in type or an array of a built-in type.

True if the referenced type is a class.

Always false.

True if the referenced type is a delegate type.

Returns true if the TypeRefBase is a DocCodeRefBase reference to a code object, otherwise false.

True if the closing paren or bracket is on a new line.

True if the referenced type is an enum.

Determines if the code object appears as the first item on a line.

True if the code object defaults to starting on a new line.

True if the referenced type is a fixed buffer type.

Determines if the code object is generated.

True if the referenced type is a generic type parameter.

True if the type is a generic type (meaning that either it or an enclosing type has type arguments).

Determines if the 'grouping' (has parens or braces) status has been set.

True if the referenced type is an interface.

True if the referenced type has internal access.

True if the referenced type is a nested type.

Determines if the newline count has been set on the code object.

True if the referenced type is a nullable type.

True if the referenced type is a nested generic type, or if it (recursively) contains a nested generic type as a type argument.

True if the referenced type is a partial type.

True if the type reference is a pointer.

True if the expression evaluates to a delegate, unresolved, or dynamic type or a TypeParameterRef.

True if the type is Primitive. The Primitive Types are: sbyte, byte, short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, IntPtr, UIntPtr, char, bool, float, double. The following are NOT primitive types: object, void, string, decimal

True if the referenced type has private access.

True if the referenced type has protected access.

True if the referenced type has public access.

True if the CodeObject is renderable.

Determines if the code object only requires a single line for display.

True if the code object only requires a single line for display by default.

True if the referenced type is static.

True if the referenced type is a user-defined class (excludes 'object' and 'string').

True if the referenced type is a user-defined struct (excludes primitive types including 'void' and 'decimal', and enums).

True if the referenced type is a value type.

The line number associated with the CodeObject (if any, 0 if none).

The name of the VarTypeRef.

The associated Namespace name.

The number of newlines preceding the object (0 to N).

The parent CodeObject.

The number of pointer dereferences.

The postfix comment for the code object (if any).

The code object to which the SymbolicRef refers.

The number of type arguments.

The type argument Expressions of the reference (if any).

Accept the specified visitor object for the current code object and it's children.

Accept the specified visitor object for all regular (non-EOL, non-Infix, non-Postfix) annotations (comments, attributes, compiler directives).

Accept the specified visitor object for all specified Infix or Postfix annotations (comments, compiler directives).

Accept the specified visitor object for all EOL comments.

Accept the specified visitor object for all Infix comments.

Accept the specified visitor object for all Infix EOL comments.

Determine if the specified comment should be associated with the current code object during parsing.

Render the entire code object as a string, using LFs for newlines.

Convert the code object to text with a trailing newline, and using CR/LF pairs for newlines (file format).

Convert the code object to text using the specified flags and format (file or string).

Render all regular (non-EOL, non-Infix, non-Postfix, non-Message) annotations (comments, attributes, compiler directives).

Render all specified Infix or Postfix annotations (comments, compiler directives).

Render array rank brackets (if any) as text.

Render all EOL comments.

Render all Infix comments with the specified mask.

Render all Infix EOL comments.

Render all regular annotations on the current object, or the left most binary operator.

Determine the length of the code object if converted to a string using the specified flags.

Render pointers (if any) as text.

Render type arguments (if any) as text.

Attach an Annotation (Comment, DocComment, Attribute, CompilerDirective, or Message) to the CodeObject.

Attach an Annotation to the CodeObject at the specified position.

Create a comment object and attach it to the code object.

Create an EOL comment object and attach it to the code object.

Create a message and attach it to the code object.

Determine if a boxing conversion exists to the specified type. [C# 4.0 section 6.1.7]

Calculate metrics for this code object and its children.

Check for alignment of any EOL comments.

Deep-clone the code object.

Clone a field of a code object, including setting the parent.

Clone a field of a code object, including setting the parent.

Convert all OpenTypeParameterRef type arguments to TypeParameterRefs.

Copy formatting from another code object.

Create the list of child Annotations, or return the existing one.

Invalid for a VarTypeRef - throws an exception if called.

Create a reference to the CodeObject.

Create the child list of type argument Expressions, or return the existing one.

Default format the code object.

Default format the specified child field code object.

Determine a default of 1 or 2 newlines when adding items to a Block.

Dispose the CodeObject.

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

Evaluate the type of the Expression.

Evaluate the type of the TypeParameter by searching for matching type arguments in the specified parent code object tree.

Evaluate the Expression to a type or namespace.

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Find all extension method objects with the given name on the referenced type object.

Find the parent object of the specified type.

Find the parent method (or anonymous method or lambda) of the current code object.

Find the parent method (or anonymous method or lambda) or type of the current code object.

Find a type argument for the specified type parameter.

Find a type argument in a base class for the specified type parameter.

Find a type argument for the specified type parameter in the type arguments of the type.

Find any user-defined implicit conversion operator to the specified type.

Find all user-defined implicit conversion operators from the current type to any other type.

Find all user-defined implicit conversion operators to the specified type.

Get the expression on the left of the left-most Dot operator.

Format an expression assigned as an argument to another code object (turns off any parentheses).

Get an enumerator for all children objects of type T in the CodeObject and in any child CodeObjects (recursively).

Get the associated inferred type.

Returns the first attribute expression (Call or ConstructorRef) with the specified name on the CodeObject.

Get the base type of the referenced type.

Get the comment that satisfies the specified predicate.

Get the value of any represented constant. For enums, an EnumConstant object will be returned, which has both the Enum type and a constant value of its underlying type.

Get the non-static constructor for the referenced type.

Get all (non-static) constructors for the referenced type.

Get the declaring type.

Get the delegate parameters if the expression evaluates to a delegate type.

Get the type (or null if none) of the delegate parameter with the specified index.

Get the delegate return type if the expression evaluates to a delegate type.

Get a short text description of the CodeObject. This is generally the shortest text representation that uniquely identifies objects, even if they have the same name, for example: type or return type, name, type parameters, parameters.

Returns the DocSummary documentation comment, or null if none exists.

Get the element type of the associated inferred type reference.

Get the event with the specified name.

Get the field with the specified name.

Get the full name of the object, including the namespace name.

Serves as the default hash function.

Get the indent level of this object.

Get the current indent in spaces.

Get the indexer with the specified parameter types.

Determine the type of an inferred ('var') type.

Get all interfaces directly implemented by the type.

Calculate a hash code for the referenced object which is the same for all references where IsSameRef() is true.

Get the number of specified type arguments.

Get the method with the specified name and parameter types.

Get the method with the specified name, binding flags, and parameter types.

Get all methods with the specified name.

Get all methods with the specified name.

Get the Namespace for this CodeObject.

Get the nested type with the specified name.

Get the property with the specified name.

Get the actual type reference, retrieving from any constant value if necessary.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

Get the variance state of the type argument with the specified index;

Get the TypeCode of the referenced type.

Get the declared type parameters (if any) of the referenced type as type arguments.

Get a TypeRef for the type with the specified full name, with caching (generally used for System types).

Get a TypeRef for the actual type, excluding any constant values.

Get the the underlying type if this is an enum type (otherwise returns null).

Get the type of the worst attached message.

Returns true if the attribute with the specified name exists on the object, otherwise false.

Check if an implicit conversion will take place between the expression and its parent code object (Operator or VariableDecl). Conversions to type 'object' are not included, since there is no actual data conversion. The 'from' and 'to' types are returned whether an implicit conversion is available or not. Any applicable user-defined conversion method is returned.

Determine if this TypeRef has the same array ranks as the specified TypeRef.

Determine if this TypeRef has the same type arguments as the specified TypeRef.

Returns true if the code object is an UnresolvedRef or has any UnresolvedRef children.

Determine if an implicit identity conversion exists to the specified type.

Determine if an implicit reference conversion exists to the specified type.

True if the current type is assignable from the specified type.

Returns true if the specified child object is indented from the parent.

Returns true if the specified child object is prefixed to the current object.

Determine if the type reference is an enumerable type (is compatible with an array). Includes: IEnumerableT, ICollectionT, IListT, IReadOnlyCollection{T}, IReadOnlyList{T}

Determines if the current TypeRef implements the specified interface TypeRef.

Determine if the reference is implicitly convertible *from* the specified reference.

Determine if the VarTypeRef is implicitly convertible to the specified TypeRefBase.

Determine if the specified TypeRefBase refers to the same generic type, regardless of actual type arguments.

Determine if the current reference refers to the same code object as the specified reference, or is variance-convertible to it.

Determine if the current reference refers to the same code object as the specified reference.

Determines if the current TypeRef is a subclass of the specified TypeRef.

Always returns the current VarTypeRef object, because it doesn't make sense to add array ranks to a VarTypeRef.

Always returns the current VarTypeRef object, because it doesn't make sense to make a generic type ref from a VarTypeRef.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

Move all (regular or EOL) comments from the specified token to the current code object, converting any EOL comments to regular comments (which will be rendered inline if necessary).

Move any annotations from the specified location to the specified destination location.

Move any non-EOL comments from the specified token to the current code object.

Move any non-EOL comments from the specified token to the current code object.

Move any non-EOL comments from the specified token to the current code object as Post comments.

Move any comments from the specified Token to the left-most sub-expression.

Move any EOL or Postfix annotations from the specified code object to the current code object.

Move any EOL comment from the specified code object to the current code object.

Move any EOL comment from the specified token to the current code object.

Move any EOL comment from the specified token to the current code object.

Move any EOL comment from the specified token to the current code object as an Infix EOL comment.

Move formatting from the specified code object to the current object.

Move formatting from the specified token to the current object.

Move any prefix annotations on the specified code object to the current code object as the specified type of annotation.

Propagate the listed annotation to the parent CodeUnit and above.

Remove the listed annotation from the parent CodeUnit and above.

Determine if the current type is the same as or occurs in the (potentially nested) type arguments of the specified type.

Parse annotations - specifically, compiler directives around things such as TypeParameters or ParameterDecls.

Parse any comments, attributes, compiler directives.

Does nothing, because it makes no sense to parse array ranks on a VarTypeRef.

Parse the specified expected token, attaching a parse error to the current object if it doesn't exist.

Parse annotations from the Unused list.

Remove all annotations of the specified type from this object.

Remove all annotations from this object where the specified predicate is true.

Remove all messages from this object, or optionally only from the specified source.

Remove the attribute expression with the specified name.

Replace all occurrences of one type reference with another, including in (potentially nested) type arguments.

Resolve all child symbolic references.

Resolve all child symbolic references, using the specified ResolveCategory and ResolveFlags.

Resolve any attached attributes.

Resolve any references in attached documentation comments.

Resolve child code objects that match the specified name are valid goto targets, moving up the tree until a complete match is found.

Resolve indexers.

Resolve any LocalDeclExpr in the Expression or its children that match the specified name.

Resolve child code objects that match the specified name.

Resolve child code objects that match the specified name, moving up the tree until a complete match is found.

Similar to ResolveRefUp(String, Resolver), but skips trying to resolve the symbol in the body or parameters of a method (used for resolving parameter types).

Set a field of a code object, including setting the parent, and optional formatting.

Set a ChildList collection field of a code object, including setting the parent.

Set a field of a code object, including setting the parent, and optional formatting.

Set the line and column numbers to those in the specified CodeObject.

Set the line and column numbers to those in the specified token.

Special method to set the newline count without setting the NewLinesSet flag.

Set the starting line and column numbers to those in the specified token (used by some code objects with prefixes such as modifiers).

Get the expression on the right of the right-most Lookup or Dot operator (bypass any '::' and '.' prefixes).

Render the type of the code object and its description as a string.

Recursively update the dictionary of names in the specified Block by either adding or removing (as specified by the 2nd parameter) all appropriate nested INamedCodeObjects expressions in the current CodeObject tree (specifically implemented for LocalDeclExpr expression objects).

Update the line and column numbers according to the current positions in the CodeWriter, if the UpdateLineCol flag is set.

Determine if a user-defined implicit conversion exists to the specified type. [C# 4.0 section 6.4.4]

Any Annotations (Comments, DocComments, Attributes, or Messages) associated with the CodeObject (null if none).

Optional array ranks (for array types only).

The starting column number associated with the CodeObject if parsed from or written to text form.

Formatting flags - for line feeds, braces, etc.

The starting line number associated with the CodeObject if parsed from or written to text form.

The parent CodeObject.

Optional type arguments (for generic types only).

Optional flags, including pointer count, const state, formatting.

The token used to parse the code object.