DataType Properties

The DataType type exposes the following members.

Properties

 

Name

Description

Attributes

Gets the attributes of the IDataType

BitSize

Gets the size of the DataType in bits.

ByteSize

Gets the (aligned) size of of the Type/Instance in Bytes

Category

Gets the Data Type category

Comment

Gets the comment.

FullName

Gets the full name of the IDataType (Namespace + Name)

Id

Gets the ID of the DataType

IsBitType

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is a bit mapping Type

IsByteAligned

Indicates that the Size of the Object is Byte aligned (BitSize % 8 == 0)

IsContainer

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is a container type

IsPointer

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is a pointer type

IsPrimitive

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is primitive

IsReference

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is a reference type

ManagedType

Gets the corresponding .NET Type if attached.

Name

Gets the name of the Data Type (without namespace)

Namespace

Gets the namespace string within the IDataType exists.

Size

Gets the Size of the DataType in Bytes

Reference

DataType Class

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