PropertyInfo.GetAccessors Method

Return Value

Type: array<System.Reflection.MethodInfo[]
An array that contains the public get, set, and other accessors of the property reflected by the current instance, if found; otherwise, this method returns an array with 0 (zero) elements.

Imports System.Reflection

Class Example

   ' Define a property that has a public get accessor and a protected set
   ' accessor. That is, the property can only be set by classes that 
   ' derive from Example.
   Private myCaption As String = "A Default caption"
   Public Property Caption() As String
      Get
         Return myCaption
      End Get

      Protected Set(ByVal Value As String)
         If myCaption <> Value Then
            myCaption = Value
         End If
      End Set
   End Property

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) 

      ' Get the PropertyInfo.
      Dim captionInfo As PropertyInfo = GetType(Example).GetProperty("Caption")

      outputBlock.Text &= "Public accessors:" & vbLf

      ' List the public accessors.
      For Each mi As MethodInfo In captionInfo.GetAccessors()
         outputBlock.Text &= mi.ToString() & vbLf
      Next

      outputBlock.Text &= vbLf & "All accessors:" & vbLf

      ' List all accessors.
      For Each mi As MethodInfo In captionInfo.GetAccessors(True)
         outputBlock.Text &= mi.ToString() & vbLf
      Next

   End Sub
End Class

' This example produces the following output:
'
'Public accessors:
'System.String get_Caption()
'
'All accessors:
'System.String get_Caption()
'Void set_Caption(System.String)

using System.Reflection;

class Example
{
   // Define a property that has a public get accessor and a protected set
   // accessor. That is, the property can only be set by classes that 
   // derive from Example.
   private string myCaption = "A Default caption";
   public string Caption   
   {
      get
      {
         return myCaption;
      }

      protected set
      {
         if (myCaption!=value)
         {
            myCaption = value;
         }
      }
   }

   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      // Get the PropertyInfo.
      PropertyInfo captionInfo = typeof(Example).GetProperty("Caption");

      outputBlock.Text += "Public accessors:\n";

      // List the public accessors.
      foreach( MethodInfo mi in captionInfo.GetAccessors() )
      {
         outputBlock.Text += mi.ToString() + "\n";
      }

      outputBlock.Text += "\nAll accessors:\n";

      // List all accessors.
      foreach( MethodInfo mi in captionInfo.GetAccessors(true) )
      {
         outputBlock.Text += mi.ToString() + "\n";
      }
   }
}

/* This example produces the following output:

Public accessors:
System.String get_Caption()

All accessors:
System.String get_Caption()
Void set_Caption(System.String)
 */