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Type.GetProperty Method (String, Type)

.NET Framework 1.1

Searches for the public property with the specified name and return type.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Function GetProperty( _
   ByVal name As String, _
   ByVal returnType As Type _
) As PropertyInfo
[C#]
public PropertyInfo GetProperty(
 string name,
 Type returnType
);
[C++]
public: PropertyInfo* GetProperty(
 String* name,
 Type* returnType
);
[JScript]
public function GetProperty(
   name : String,
 returnType : Type
) : PropertyInfo;

Parameters

name: The String containing the name of the public property to get.
returnType: The return type of the property.

Return Value

A PropertyInfo object representing the public property with the specified name, if found; otherwise, a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
AmbiguousMatchException	More than one property is found with the specified name.
ArgumentNullException	name is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

The search for name is case-sensitive.

If the requested type is non-public and the caller does not have ReflectionPermission to reflect non-public objects outside the current assembly, this method returns a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Example

The following example defines a class with one property and retrieves the name and type of the property.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) Standard