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Session.GetClassInfo(Type) Method

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Session.GetClassInfo(Type) Method

Returns the XPClassInfo for the specified type of class.

Namespace : DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly : DevExpress.Xpo.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Xpo

Declaration

csharp
public XPClassInfo GetClassInfo(
    Type classType
)
vb
Public Function GetClassInfo(
    classType As Type
) As XPClassInfo

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
classTypeType

A Type object which represents the class type.

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Returns

TypeDescription
XPClassInfo

An XPClassInfo object which provides metadata information for the class of the specified type.

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Remarks

This method retrieves the metadata information via the Session.Dictionary. If the metadata cannot be obtained from the class of the specified type, the CannotResolveClassInfoException is thrown.

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the GetClassInfo(Type) method.

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XPO_how-to-clone-a-persistent-object-e804/CS/SimpleObject/CloneHelper.cs#L35

csharp
return null;
XPClassInfo targetClassInfo = targetSession.GetClassInfo(source.GetType());
object target = targetClassInfo.CreateNewObject(targetSession);

XPO_how-to-clone-a-persistent-object-e804/VB/SimpleObject/CloneHelper.vb#L38

vb
End If
Dim targetClassInfo As XPClassInfo = targetSession.GetClassInfo(source.GetType())
Dim target As Object = targetClassInfo.CreateNewObject(targetSession)

See Also

Session Class

Session Members

DevExpress.Xpo Namespace