Type class represents type declarations: class types, interface types, array types, value types, enumeration types, type parameters, generic type definitions, and open or closed constructed generic types.

The .NET 4.5 Framework includes some changes to the typical reflection use cases. Most importantly, the Type object has been split into two separate classes: Type and TypeInfo. A TypeInfo instance contains the definition for a Type, and a Type now contains only reference data. If you're using reflection from within a .NET 4.5 Desktop or Web application, the old API is still available alongside the new API methods.

Lets say we have class:

public class Student
{
    public string FullName { get; set; }
    
    public int Class { get; set; }
    
    public DateTime DateOfBirth { get; set; }
    
    public string GetCharacteristics()
    {
    	return "";
    }
}

And we want to get all methods and properties declared within this type. Using TypeInfo we can do this in easy and clean way:

TypeInfo studentInfo = typeof(Student).GetTypeInfo();
IEnumerable<PropertyInfo> declaredProperties = studentInfo.DeclaredProperties;
IEnumerable<MethodInfo> declaredMethods = studentInfo.DeclaredMethods;

Also we can get it`s name and namespase using properties Name & Namespace

Type student = typeof(Student);
string name = student.Name;
string ns = student.Namespace;

Also it is possible to get type of any existing object using Object.GetType method

Type type = myObject.GetType();

Examples

Get all types within assembly and output it`s names and properties count

Obtain Type information using Object.GetType method

Check if object is type