System.Reflection.BindingFlags
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System.Reflection.BindingFlags is an enumeration in .NET used to specify how reflection searches for and selects members such as methods, fields, and properties on types.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| System.Reflection.BindingFlags canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897563 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: System.Reflection.BindingFlags Context triple: [System.Reflection, containsType, System.Reflection.BindingFlags]
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A.
System.Reflection
System.Reflection is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for inspecting and interacting with metadata about assemblies, modules, and types at runtime.
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B.
C# attributes
C# attributes are metadata annotations in the C# programming language that allow developers to attach declarative information to code elements such as classes, methods, and properties, influencing compilation and runtime behavior.
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C.
System.Collections
System.Collections is a .NET namespace that provides fundamental interfaces and classes for working with non-generic collections such as lists, queues, arrays, and dictionaries.
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D.
Common Type System
The Common Type System is a core component of the .NET architecture that defines how data types are declared, used, and managed across different .NET languages to ensure interoperability and type safety.
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E.
binding
Binding is a central concept in generative syntax that explains how pronouns and other noun phrases can or cannot refer to each other within sentence structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: System.Reflection.BindingFlags Target entity description: System.Reflection.BindingFlags is an enumeration in .NET used to specify how reflection searches for and selects members such as methods, fields, and properties on types.
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A.
System.Reflection
System.Reflection is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for inspecting and interacting with metadata about assemblies, modules, and types at runtime.
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B.
C# attributes
C# attributes are metadata annotations in the C# programming language that allow developers to attach declarative information to code elements such as classes, methods, and properties, influencing compilation and runtime behavior.
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C.
System.Collections
System.Collections is a .NET namespace that provides fundamental interfaces and classes for working with non-generic collections such as lists, queues, arrays, and dictionaries.
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D.
Common Type System
The Common Type System is a core component of the .NET architecture that defines how data types are declared, used, and managed across different .NET languages to ensure interoperability and type safety.
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E.
binding
Binding is a central concept in generative syntax that explains how pronouns and other noun phrases can or cannot refer to each other within sentence structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET enumeration
ⓘ
enum ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
events
ⓘ
fields ⓘ methods ⓘ nested types ⓘ properties ⓘ |
| assembly |
System.Runtime
ⓘ
mscorlib ⓘ
linked to:
mscorlib.dll
|
| attribute | FlagsAttribute ⓘ |
| definedIn |
System.Reflection namespace
ⓘ
linked to:
System.Reflection
|
| isFlagsEnum | true ⓘ |
| languageUsage |
C#
ⓘ
VB.NET ⓘ
linked to:
Visual Basic .NET
|
| member |
CreateInstance
ⓘ
DeclaredOnly ⓘ ExactBinding ⓘ FlattenHierarchy ⓘ GetField ⓘ GetProperty ⓘ IgnoreCase ⓘ IgnoreReturn ⓘ Instance ⓘ InvokeMethod ⓘ NonPublic ⓘ OptionalParamBinding ⓘ Public ⓘ PutDispProperty ⓘ PutRefDispProperty ⓘ SetField ⓘ SetProperty ⓘ Static ⓘ SuppressChangeType ⓘ |
| namespace | System.Reflection ⓘ |
| platform |
.NET 5+
ⓘ
.NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ |
| supportsBitwiseCombination | true ⓘ |
| usedBy |
System.Type.GetField
ⓘ
System.Type.GetFields ⓘ System.Type.GetMember ⓘ
linked to:
System.Type
System.Type.GetMembers ⓘ System.Type.GetMethod ⓘ
linked to:
System.Type
System.Type.GetMethods ⓘ
linked to:
System.Type
System.Type.GetProperties ⓘ
linked to:
System.Type
System.Type.GetProperty ⓘ
linked to:
System.Type
System.Type.InvokeMember ⓘ
linked to:
System.Type
|
| usedFor |
controlling reflection member search
ⓘ
specifying how reflection searches for members ⓘ specifying how reflection selects members ⓘ |
| valueType | Int32 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: System.Reflection.BindingFlags Description of subject: System.Reflection.BindingFlags is an enumeration in .NET used to specify how reflection searches for and selects members such as methods, fields, and properties on types.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.