DataTypeExtension.IsContainer Method (IDataType)

Gets a value indicating whether this IDataType is a container type

Namespace: TwinCAT.TypeSystem
Assembly: TwinCAT.Ads.Abstractions (in TwinCAT.Ads.Abstractions.dll) Version: 6.0.328+39e3229

Syntax

public static bool IsContainer(
    this IDataType type
)

type	Type: TwinCAT.TypeSystem.IDataType

Type: Boolean
true if this instance is container type; otherwise, false.

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IDataType. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Container Types are all types that contain SubElements like

and the Alias and Reference types, if they have a container type as base type.