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enum System.Reflection.CallingConventions

Assembly: System.Runtime

Defines the valid calling conventions for a method.

Values

Standard

Specifies the default calling convention as determined by the common language runtime. Use this calling convention for static methods. For instance or virtual methods use <see langword="HasThis" /> .

VarArgs

Specifies the calling convention for methods with variable arguments.

Any

Specifies that either the <see langword="Standard" /> or the <see langword="VarArgs" /> calling convention may be used.

HasThis

Specifies an instance or virtual method (not a static method). At run-time, the called method is passed a pointer to the target object as its first argument (the <see langword="this" /> pointer). The signature stored in metadata does not include the type of this first argument, because the method is known and its owner class can be discovered from metadata.

ExplicitThis

Specifies that the signature is a function-pointer signature, representing a call to an instance or virtual method (not a static method). If <see langword="ExplicitThis" /> is set, <see langword="HasThis" /> must also be set. The first argument passed to the called method is still a <see langword="this" /> pointer, but the type of the first argument is now unknown. Therefore, a token that describes the type (or class) of the <see langword="this" /> pointer is explicitly stored into its metadata signature.