'Usage

Dim instance As Type
Dim returnValue As FieldInfo()

returnValue = instance.GetFields()

'Declaration

Public Function GetFields As FieldInfo()

Implements

The GetFields method does not return fields in a particular order, such as alphabetical or declaration order. Your code must not depend on the order in which fields are returned, because that order varies.

The following table shows what members of a base class are returned by the Get methods when reflecting on a type.

1. Hide-by-name-and-signature considers all of the parts of the signature, including custom modifiers, return types, parameter types, sentinels, and unmanaged calling conventions. This is a binary comparison.

2. For reflection, properties and events are hide-by-name-and-signature. If you have a property with both a get and a set accessor in the base class, but the derived class has only a get accessor, the derived class property hides the base class property, and you will not be able to access the setter on the base class.

3. Custom attributes are not part of the common type system.

If the current Type represents a constructed generic type, this method returns the FieldInfo objects with the type parameters replaced by the appropriate type arguments.

If the current Type represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method, this method searches the public fields of the class constraint.

The following example shows a use of the GetFields() method.

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.ComponentModel.Design
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Class FieldInfo_IsSpecialName

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Try
            ' Get the type handle of a specified class.
            Dim myType As Type = GetType(ViewTechnology)

            ' Get the fields of a specified class.
            Dim myField As FieldInfo() = myType.GetFields()

            Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Displaying fields that have SpecialName attributes:" + ControlChars.Cr)
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To myField.Length - 1
                ' Determine whether or not each field is a special name.
                If myField(i).IsSpecialName Then
                    Console.WriteLine("The field {0} has a SpecialName attribute.", myField(i).Name)
                End If
            Next i
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Exception : {0} ", e.Message.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'FieldInfo_IsSpecialName

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