FieldInfo Class
Discovers the attributes of a field and provides access to field metadata.
For a list of all members of this type, see FieldInfo Members.
System.Object
System.Reflection.MemberInfo
System.Reflection.FieldInfo
System.Reflection.Emit.FieldBuilder
[Visual Basic] <Serializable> <ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)> MustInherit Public Class FieldInfo Inherits MemberInfo [C#] [Serializable] [ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)] public abstract class FieldInfo : MemberInfo [C++] [Serializable] [ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType::AutoDual)] public __gc __abstract class FieldInfo : public MemberInfo [JScript] public Serializable ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual) abstract class FieldInfo extends MemberInfo
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Remarks
The field information is obtained from metadata. FieldInfo 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.
Notes to Inheritors: When you inherit from FieldInfo, you must override the following members: GetValue and SetValue.
Example
[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following example uses Type.GetFields to get the field-related information from FieldInfoClass, and then displays field attributes.
[Visual Basic] Imports System Imports System.Reflection Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Public Class FieldInfoClass Public myField1 As Integer = 0 Protected myField2 As String = Nothing Public Shared Sub Main() Dim myFieldInfo() As FieldInfo Dim myType As Type = GetType(FieldInfoClass) ' Get the type and fields of FieldInfoClass. myFieldInfo = myType.GetFields(BindingFlags.NonPublic Or _ BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.Public) Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.NewLine & "The fields of " & _ "FieldInfoClass class are " & ControlChars.NewLine) ' Display the field information of FieldInfoClass. Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To myFieldInfo.Length - 1 Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.NewLine + "Name : {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) Next i End Sub End Class [C#] 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); } } } [C++] #using <mscorlib.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::Reflection; public __gc class FieldInfoClass { public: int myField1; protected: String* myField2; }; int main() { FieldInfo* myFieldInfo[]; Type* myType = __typeof(FieldInfoClass); // Get the type and fields of FieldInfoClass. myFieldInfo = myType->GetFields(static_cast<BindingFlags>(BindingFlags::NonPublic | BindingFlags::Instance | BindingFlags::Public)); Console::WriteLine(S"\nThe fields of FieldInfoClass are \n"); // Display the field information of FieldInfoClass. for (int i = 0; i < myFieldInfo->Length; i++) { Console::WriteLine(S"\nName : {0}", myFieldInfo[i]->Name); Console::WriteLine(S"Declaring Type : {0}", myFieldInfo[i]->DeclaringType); Console::WriteLine(S"IsPublic : {0}", __box(myFieldInfo[i]->IsPublic)); Console::WriteLine(S"MemberType : {0}", __box(myFieldInfo[i]->MemberType)); Console::WriteLine(S"FieldType : {0}", myFieldInfo[i]->FieldType); Console::WriteLine(S"IsFamily : {0}", __box(myFieldInfo[i]->IsFamily)); } }
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Requirements
Namespace: System.Reflection
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
Assembly: Mscorlib (in Mscorlib.dll)