Session.GetClassInfo(Type) Method

Returns the XPClassInfo for the specified type of class.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v23.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.PivotGrid, DevExpress.Win.TreeMap, DevExpress.Xpo

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Xpo

Declaration

C#

public XPClassInfo GetClassInfo(
    Type classType
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetClassInfo(
    classType As Type
) As XPClassInfo

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
classType	Type	A Type object which represents the class type.

Returns

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

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.

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C#

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

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

VB.NET

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

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