ns-System.AddIn.Contract.Automation.xml

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    <summary>Contains interfaces that components use to access type information and invoke type members.</summary>
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## Remarks
 Use the interfaces in the <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.Automation?displayProperty=nameWithType> namespace to enable components to access type information for a remote object without having direct access to the <xref:System.Type> of the remote object. The <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.Automation?displayProperty=nameWithType> namespace defines reflection functionality for components that use the interfaces and structures in the <xref:System.AddIn.Contract?displayProperty=nameWithType>, <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.Automation?displayProperty=nameWithType>, and <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.Collections?displayProperty=nameWithType> namespaces to communicate. The interfaces in these namespaces are also called contracts. All contracts derive from the <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.IContract> interface.

 When using contracts to manage the communication between components, you must implement the <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.Automation.IRemoteObjectContract> interface in a type to expose the type information to other components. Components can then access the members of the type by calling the <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.Automation.IRemoteObjectContract.GetRemoteType%2A> method of the interface to get an <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.Automation.IRemoteTypeContract>. The other interfaces and structures in the <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.Automation?displayProperty=nameWithType> namespace provide access to type information for delegates, properties, methods, events, and fields.

 Components can use the contracts in the <xref:System.AddIn.Contract.Automation?displayProperty=nameWithType> namespace to access type information for an object that is in a different process or application domain, or in the same process or application domain.

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