C# Programming Language

C# Object Type

·Object is the root class of the C# library

·Object’s members:

–public Object();

–public virtual Boolean Equals(Object obj);

•Returns true if obj and invoker handles point to the same body.

–public virtual Int32 GetHashCode();

•Return value identifies object instance.

–public Type GetType();

•Type object supports RTTI – see next page

–public virtual String ToString();

•Returns namespace.name

–protected virtual void Finalize();

•Called to free allocated resources before object is garbage collected.

–protected Object MemberwiseClone();

•Performs shallow copy

•To have your class instances perform deep copies you need to implement the ICloneable interface.