Activator.CreateInstance Method (Type, Boolean)

ActivatorCreateInstance Method (Type, Boolean)

Creates an instance of the specified type using that type's default constructor.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0

Syntax

public static Object CreateInstance(
	Type type,
	bool nonPublic
)

type: Type: SystemType
The type of object to create.
nonPublic: Type: SystemBoolean
true if a public or nonpublic default constructor can match; false if only a public default constructor can match.

Type: Object
A reference to the newly created object.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	type is null.
ArgumentException	type is not a RuntimeType. -or-type is an open generic type (that is, the ContainsGenericParameters property returns true).
NotSupportedException	type cannot be a TypeBuilder.-or- Creation of TypedReference, ArgIterator, Void, and RuntimeArgumentHandle types, or arrays of those types, is not supported. -or-The assembly that contains type is a dynamic assembly that was created with Save.
TargetInvocationException	The constructor being called throws an exception.
MethodAccessException	The caller does not have permission to call this constructor.
MemberAccessException	Cannot create an instance of an abstract class, or this member was invoked with a late-binding mechanism.
InvalidComObjectException	The COM type was not obtained through GetTypeFromProgID or GetTypeFromCLSID.
MissingMethodException	No matching public constructor was found.
COMException	type is a COM object but the class identifier used to obtain the type is invalid, or the identified class is not registered.
TypeLoadException	type is not a valid type.