TypeAttribute for static classes

Question

I am trying to define a new type via Reflection.Emit, but I can't manage to find a TypeAttribute that will define the type as static.

For instance, let's say I want to create the following type:

public static class Hello
{
}

I can identify the following attributes:

TypeAttributes.Class
TypeAttributes.Public

But how's that different from

public class Hello
{
}

I was thinking maybe to add TypeAttributes.Abstract (because one cannot instantiate it), but I wasn't sure about that, since abstract classes are totally different.

Answer 1

You can use reflection to view what the c# compiler will generate in each case.

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(typeof(StaticClass).Attributes);
        Console.WriteLine(typeof(NotStaticClass).Attributes);
    }
}

public static class StaticClass { }

public class NotStaticClass { }

will produce:

AutoLayout, AnsiClass, Class, Public, Abstract, Sealed, BeforeFieldInit

AutoLayout, AnsiClass, Class, Public, BeforeFieldInit