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Navigational Diagram

The Reflection API uses a design pattern for retrieval and filtering. The following table shows when one class is a container for a number of other classes.

Member Description
Xxx[] FindXxx(XxxFilter filter, Object filterCriteria) Finds and returns the Xxx instances that match the criteria specified by filter. That is, if filter.invoke(x) returns true, then include x in the resultant array. Otherwise, omit it.
Xxx GetXxx(<parameters>) Return the Xxx instance that is uniquely specified by <parameters>. If no such instance exists, return null. Note that <parameters> uniquely specifies an Xxx instance.
Xxx[] GetXxxs() Return all of the Xxx instances. If no Xxx instances exist, return an array containing zero elements.
Xxx[] GetXxxs(<parameters>) Return all of the Xxx instances. If no Xxx instances exist, return an array containing zero elements. Note that <parameters> does not necessarily specify a unique Xxx instance.

The diagram below shows this design pattern in action for Module (which may contain zero or more classes), Type (which may contain zero or more methods) and MethodInfo.