TypeNameKind Enumeration

Represents the short name of a Type without namespaces, eg.:
SomeGenericType`2[String,SomeType]

Differences from Type.Name:

• Type.Name does not dump the generic type arguments for constructed generic types.

Represents the long name of a Type along with namespaces, eg.:
SomeNamespace.SomeGenericType`2[System.String,SomeNamespace.SomeType]

If this name is unique in the loaded assemblies, then the name can be successfully parsed by the Reflector.ResolveType method.

Differences from Type.ToString:

• Type.ToString dumps generic argument names for generic type definitions.
• Type.ToString returns Type.Name for generic parameter types.
• Type.ToString dumps open generic types in a non parseable way.

Represents the full name of a Type with assembly qualified names for generic arguments of non-core types, eg.:
SomeNamespace.SomeGenericType`2[System.String,[SomeNamespace.SomeType, SomeAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]

If this name is unique in the loaded assemblies, then the name can be successfully parsed by the Reflector.ResolveType method.

Differences from Type.FullName:

• Type.FullName dumps the assembly names for every generic type argument.
• Type.FullName returns for generic parameter types.
• Type.FullName does not dump the generic arguments for constructed open generic types.

Represents the full name of a Type with assembly qualified names for all generic arguments, eg.:
SomeNamespace.SomeGenericType`2[[System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[SomeNamespace.SomeType, SomeAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]

If this name is unique in the loaded assemblies, then the name can be successfully parsed by the Reflector.ResolveType method.

Differences from Type.FullName:

• Type.FullName returns for generic parameter types.
• Type.FullName does not dump the generic arguments for constructed open generic types.

Represents the assembly qualified name of a Type omitting assembly names for core types, eg.:
SomeNamespace.SomeGenericType`2[System.String,[SomeNamespace.SomeType, SomeAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]], SomeAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

If all needed assemblies are available, then the name can be successfully parsed by the Reflector.ResolveType method.

If the type does not contain generic parameter types, then the name can be parsed even by the Type.GetType method.

Differences from Type.AssemblyQualifiedName:

• Type.AssemblyQualifiedName dumps assembly names even for core library types. For a similar result use the ForcedAssemblyQualifiedName option. This is not needed for Type.GetType though.
• Type.AssemblyQualifiedName returns for generic parameter types.
• Type.AssemblyQualifiedName returns the name of the generic type definition only for constructed open generic types.

Represents the assembly qualified name of a Type forcing assembly names for core types, eg.:
SomeNamespace.SomeGenericType`2[[System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[SomeNamespace.SomeType, SomeAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]], SomeAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

If all needed assemblies are available, then the name can be successfully parsed by the Reflector.ResolveType method.

If the type does not contain generic parameter types, then the name can be parsed even by the Type.GetType method.

Differences from Type.AssemblyQualifiedName:

• Type.AssemblyQualifiedName returns for generic parameter types.
• Type.AssemblyQualifiedName returns the name of the generic type definition only for constructed open generic types.