System.Reflection.Module Class

Overview

The System.Reflection.Module class provides access to the metadata of a module within an assembly. A module is a portable executable file that contains IL code and resources.

Namespace

System.Reflection

Assembly

System.Reflection.dll

Inheritance

Object → System.Reflection.Module

Syntax

Properties

Methods

Constructors

public abstract class Module : System.Object

Name	Type	Access	Description
Assembly	Assembly	get	Gets the assembly that contains this module.
FullyQualifiedName	string	get	The full path or location of the module.
ModuleVersionId	Guid	get	The GUID that uniquely identifies the version of this module.
Name	string	get	The simple name of the module.
ScopeName	string	get	The name for the module scope.

Signature	Description
`Type[] GetExportedTypes()`	Returns an array of types exported from the module.
`MethodInfo GetMethod(string name)`	Retrieves a method with the specified name.
`FieldInfo GetField(string name)`	Retrieves a field with the specified name.
`CustomAttributeData[] GetCustomAttributesData()`	Gets data about the custom attributes applied to the module.
`bool IsDefined(Type attributeType, bool inherit)`	Determines whether one or more instances of attributeType are applied to this module.

Module is an abstract class; you cannot directly instantiate it. Instances are obtained from Assembly objects.

Remarks

A module can contain one or more types and resources. Most .NET assemblies consist of a single module, but multi‑file assemblies contain multiple modules, each stored in its own file.

Example

using System;
using System.Reflection;

class Demo
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Assembly asm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
        Module mod = asm.GetModules()[0];
        Console.WriteLine($"Module Name: {mod.Name}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Full Name: {mod.FullyQualifiedName}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Version GUID: {mod.ModuleVersionId}");
        Console.WriteLine("Exported Types:");
        foreach (var t in mod.GetExportedTypes())
        {
            Console.WriteLine($" - {t.FullName}");
        }
    }
}