The following table lists the values for ELEMENT_TYPE constants. These are used extensively in metadata signature blobs – see §II.23.2.
| Name | Value | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
ELEMENT_TYPE_END |
0x00 | Marks end of a list |
ELEMENT_TYPE_VOID |
0x01 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_BOOLEAN |
0x02 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_CHAR |
0x03 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_I1 |
0x04 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_U1 |
0x05 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_I2 |
0x06 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_U2 |
0x07 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_I4 |
0x08 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_U4 |
0x09 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_I8 |
0x0a | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_U8 |
0x0b | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_R4 |
0x0c | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_R8 |
0x0d | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_STRING |
0x0e | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_PTR |
0x0f | Followed by type |
ELEMENT_TYPE_BYREF |
0x10 | Followed by type |
ELEMENT_TYPE_VALUETYPE |
0x11 | Followed by TypeDef or TypeRef token |
ELEMENT_TYPE_CLASS |
0x12 | Followed by_ TypeDef_ or TypeRef token |
ELEMENT_TYPE_VAR |
0x13 | Generic parameter in a generic type definition, represented as number (compressed unsigned integer) |
ELEMENT_TYPE_ARRAY |
0x14 | type rank boundsCount bound1 … loCount lo1 … |
ELEMENT_TYPE_GENERICINST |
0x15 | Generic type instantiation. Followed by type type-arg-count type-1 … type-n |
ELEMENT_TYPE_TYPEDBYREF |
0x16 | |
ELEMENT_TYPE_I |
0x18 | System.IntPtr |
ELEMENT_TYPE_U |
0x19 | System.UIntPtr |
ELEMENT_TYPE_FNPTR |
0x1b | Followed by full method signature |
ELEMENT_TYPE_OBJECT |
0x1c | System.Object |
ELEMENT_TYPE_SZARRAY |
0x1d | Single-dim array with 0 lower bound |
ELEMENT_TYPE_MVAR |
0x1e | Generic parameter in a generic method definition, represented as number (compressed unsigned integer) |
ELEMENT_TYPE_CMOD_REQD |
0x1f | Required modifier: followed by a TypeDef or TypeRef token |
ELEMENT_TYPE_CMOD_OPT |
0x20 | Optional modifier: followed by a TypeDef or TypeRef token |
ELEMENT_TYPE_INTERNAL |
0x21 | Implemented within the CLI |
ELEMENT_TYPE_MODIFIER |
0x40 | Or'd with following element types |
ELEMENT_TYPE_SENTINEL |
0x41 | Sentinel for vararg method signature |
ELEMENT_TYPE_PINNED |
0x45 | Denotes a local variable that points at a pinned object |
| 0x50 | Indicates an argument of type System.Type. |
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| 0x51 | Used in custom attributes to specify a boxed object (§II.23.3). | |
| 0x52 | Reserved | |
| 0x53 | Used in custom attributes to indicate a FIELD (§II.22.10, II.23.3). |
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| 0x54 | Used in custom attributes to indicate a PROPERTY (§II.22.10, II.23.3). |
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| 0x55 | Used in custom attributes to specify an enum (§II.23.3). |