How to get System.Type from PropertyDeclaration.ReturnType?

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Posted 16 years ago by Mitch Blake
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Let's say you have the following text (C#):
using System;
...other using statements...

public class MyClass
{
TimeSpan myTimeSpanField
{
get{...}
}
}

If you are editing this doc in the SyntaxEditor, you can hover over "TimeSpan" in the property declaration and the tooptip says "System.TimeSpan". So, the editor knows how to get the full name of the type. If you comment out the "using System" line, the tooltip won't show. That's all as expected.

Now, in code, I have a PropertyDeclaration object. The PropertyDeclaration.ReturnType.Name is "TimeSpan". How can I resolve that ReturnType to the fully qualified type name "System.TimeSpan" in the same way that is used to display the tooltip when editing (I'd like it to resolve the same way so that I get the same answer as when editing the doc in the editor).

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks - Mitch

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Posted 16 years ago by Mitch Blake
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Rarely do I get to answer my own question :)

IDomType domType = propertyDeclaration.ReturnType.Resolve(MyProjectResolver);

string fullName = domType.FullName;

That will set fullName to "System.TimeSpan".

[Modified at 05/09/2008 02:50 PM]
Posted 16 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hi Mitch,

Correct, resolving the type reference is what you want to do like that. Just be sure to do a null check on the domType in case it wasn't able to be resolved.


Actipro Software Support

Posted 16 years ago by Mitch Blake
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Thanks! Good point... added a check for null.
The latest build of this product (v24.1.0) was released 2 months ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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