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class TypeDescription

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Describes a type. We use this class to wrap and return System.Type's that are safe to interact with.

Member Name	Summary
TargetType	The type this class describes.
BaseType	The base type. This can return null if the type isn't in the type library!
IsValid	Whether the class is valid or not, i.e. whether the type still exists.
Members	All members (methods, properties, etc) of this type.
DeclaredMembers	Members (methods, properties, etc) declared by exactly this type, and not inherited.
Methods	All methods of this type.
Properties	All properties of this type.
Fields	All fields on this type.
IsInterface	True if the target type is an interface
IsEnum	True if the target type is an enum
IsStatic	True if the target type is static
IsClass	True if the target type is a class
IsValueType	True if the target type is a value
IsAbstract	Gets a value indicating whether the System.Type is abstract and must be overridden.
Name	Name of this type.
Namespace	Namespace of this type.
FullName	Full name of this type.
Title
Description
Icon
Group
Order
Tags	Tags are set via the [Tag] attribute
Aliases
Identity	An integer that represents this type. Based off the class name.
ClassName	A string representing this class name. Historically this was provided by [Library( classname )]. If no special name is provided, this will be type.Name.
SourceLine	The line number of this member
SourceFile	The file containing this member
IsGenericType	True if we're a generic type
GenericArguments	If we're a generic type this will return our generic parameters.
Interfaces	If we implement any interfaces they will be here

Member Name	Summary
IsNamed	Checks if the type has the specified name.
GetAttribute	Gets a specific attribute of the type, optionally considering inherited attributes.
GetAttributes	Gets all attributes of the type, optionally considering inherited attributes.
HasAttribute	Determines if the type has a specific attribute, optionally considering inherited attributes.
HasTag	Checks if the type has a specific tag.
GetProperty	Gets a property description by name.
GetValue	Gets the value of a property from an instance by name.
SetValue	Sets the value of a property on an instance by name.
GetMethod	Gets a method description by name.
Create	Creates an instance of the type with the specified arguments.
CreateGeneric	Creates a generic instance of the type with the specified type arguments and constructor arguments.
MakeGenericType	Makes a generic type with the specified type arguments.