Class TypeHelper

Namespace

NUnit.Framework.Internal

Assembly

nunit.framework.dll

TypeHelper provides static methods that operate on Types.

public class TypeHelper

Inheritance

object

TypeHelper

Inherited Members

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

Constructors

TypeHelper()

public TypeHelper()

Methods

BestCommonType(Type, Type)

Returns the best fit for a common type to be used in matching actual arguments to a methods Type parameters.

public static Type BestCommonType(Type type1, Type type2)

Parameters

type1 Type

The first type.

type2 Type

The second type.

Returns

Type

Either type1 or type2, depending on which is more general.

CanDeduceTypeArgsFromArgs(Type, object[], ref Type[])

Determines whether this instance can deduce type args for a generic type from the supplied arguments.

public static bool CanDeduceTypeArgsFromArgs(Type type, object[] arglist, ref Type[] typeArgsOut)

Parameters

type Type

The type to be examined.

arglist object[]

The arglist.

typeArgsOut Type[]

The type args to be used.

Returns

bool

true if this the provided args give sufficient information to determine the type args to be used; otherwise, false.

ConvertArgumentList(object[], ParameterInfo[])

Convert an argument list to the required paramter types. Currently, only widening numeric conversions are performed.

public static void ConvertArgumentList(object[] arglist, ParameterInfo[] parameters)

Parameters

arglist object[]

An array of args to be converted

parameters ParameterInfo[]

A ParamterInfo[] whose types will be used as targets

GetDisplayName(Type)

Gets the display name for a Type as used by NUnit.

public static string GetDisplayName(Type type)

Parameters

type Type

The Type for which a display name is needed.

Returns

string

The display name for the Type

GetDisplayName(Type, object[])

Gets the display name for a Type as used by NUnit.

public static string GetDisplayName(Type type, object[] arglist)

Parameters

type Type

The Type for which a display name is needed.

arglist object[]

The arglist provided.

Returns

string

The display name for the Type

GetEnumNames(Type)

Gets the ids of the _values for an enumeration, using Enum.GetNames where available, otherwise through reflection.

public static string[] GetEnumNames(Type enumType)

Parameters

enumType Type

Returns

string[]

GetEnumValues(Type)

Gets the _values for an enumeration, using Enum.GetTypes where available, otherwise through reflection.

public static Array GetEnumValues(Type enumType)

Parameters

enumType Type

Returns

Array

IsNumeric(Type)

Determines whether the specified type is numeric.

public static bool IsNumeric(Type type)

Parameters

type Type

The type to be examined.

Returns

bool

true if the specified type is numeric; otherwise, false.

MakeGenericType(Type, Type[])

Creates an instance of a generic Type using the supplied Type arguments

public static Type MakeGenericType(Type type, Type[] typeArgs)

Parameters

type Type

The generic type to be specialized.

typeArgs Type[]

The type args.

Returns

Type

An instance of the generic type.