FieldInfo Class

The field information is obtained from metadata. The FieldInfo class does not have a public constructor. FieldInfo objects are obtained by calling either the GetFields or GetField method of a Type object.

Fields are variables defined in the class. FieldInfo provides access to the metadata for a field within a class and provides dynamic set and get functionality for the field. The class is not loaded into memory until invoke or get is called on the object.

When you inherit from FieldInfo, you must override the following members: GetValue and SetValue.

The following example uses the Type.GetFields method to get the field-related information from the FieldInfo class, and then displays field attributes.

using System;
using System.Reflection;

public class FieldInfoClass
{
    public int myField1 = 0;
    protected string myField2 = null;
    public static void Main()
    {
        FieldInfo[] myFieldInfo;
        Type myType = typeof(FieldInfoClass);
        // Get the type and fields of FieldInfoClass.
        myFieldInfo = myType.GetFields(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance
            | BindingFlags.Public);
        Console.WriteLine("\nThe fields of " + 
            "FieldInfoClass are \n");
        // Display the field information of FieldInfoClass. 
        for(int i = 0; i < myFieldInfo.Length; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nName            : {0}", myFieldInfo[i].Name);
            Console.WriteLine("Declaring Type  : {0}", myFieldInfo[i].DeclaringType);
            Console.WriteLine("IsPublic        : {0}", myFieldInfo[i].IsPublic);
            Console.WriteLine("MemberType      : {0}", myFieldInfo[i].MemberType);
            Console.WriteLine("FieldType       : {0}", myFieldInfo[i].FieldType);
            Console.WriteLine("IsFamily        : {0}", myFieldInfo[i].IsFamily);
        }
    }
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

• SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand 

  for full trust for inheritors. This class cannot be inherited by partially trusted code.

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

This type is thread safe.

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