Loads the type specified in the type string.
Namespace: log4net.Util
Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 2.0.6.0-.NET 4.0
Syntax
public static Type GetTypeFromString( Type relativeType, string typeName, bool throwOnError, bool ignoreCase )
Parameters
- relativeType
- Type: SystemType
A sibling type to use to load the type. - typeName
- Type: SystemString
The name of the type to load. - throwOnError
- Type: SystemBoolean
Flag set to true to throw an exception if the type cannot be loaded. - ignoreCase
- Type: SystemBoolean
true to ignore the case of the type name; otherwise, false
Return Value
Type: TypeThe type loaded or null if it could not be loaded.
Remarks
If the type name is fully qualified, i.e. if contains an assembly name in the type name, the type will be loaded from the system using GetType(string, bool).
If the type name is not fully qualified, it will be loaded from the assembly containing the specified relative type. If the type is not found in the assembly then all the loaded assemblies will be searched for the type.
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