'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<CanBeNullAttribute()>
Public Shared Function AsOpaqueDataType( _
   ByVal dataType As DataType _
) As OpaqueDataType

'Usage
 
Dim dataType As DataType
Dim value As OpaqueDataType
 
value = DataTypeExtension.AsOpaqueDataType(dataType)

[Extension()]
[CanBeNull()]
public static OpaqueDataType AsOpaqueDataType( 
   DataType dataType
)

[Extension()]
[CanBeNull()]
public:
static OpaqueDataType^ AsOpaqueDataType( 
   DataType^ dataType
) 

Parameters

dataType

Returns null if the current data type is not an opaque data type.

This method has been introduced primarily for languages like PHP that do not allow down-casting.

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows