FieldInfo.Attributes Property

public:
 abstract property System::Reflection::FieldAttributes Attributes { System::Reflection::FieldAttributes get(); };

public abstract System.Reflection.FieldAttributes Attributes { get; }

member this.Attributes : System.Reflection.FieldAttributes

Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Attributes As FieldAttributes

Property Value

The FieldAttributes for this field.

Implements

Examples

The following code example builds three fields and displays their field attributes. A FieldAttributes value can contain more than one attribute, such as both Public and Literal, as shown in the third field.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Security::Permissions;

public ref class Demo
{
private:
    // Make three fields:
    // The first field is private.
    String^ m_field;

    // The second field is public.
public:
    String^ Field;

    // The third field is public and literal. 
    literal String^ FieldC = "String C";

    Demo() { m_field = "String A"; Field = "String B"; }
};

static void DisplayField(Object^ obj, FieldInfo^ f)
{ 
    // Display the field name, value, and attributes.
    //
    Console::WriteLine("{0} = \"{1}\"; attributes: {2}", 
        f->Name, f->GetValue(obj), f->Attributes);
};

void main()
{
    Console::WriteLine ("\nReflection.FieldAttributes");
    Demo^ d = gcnew Demo();

    // Get a Type object for Demo, and a FieldInfo for each of
    // the three fields. Use the FieldInfo to display field
    // name, value for the Demo object in d, and attributes.
    //
    Type^ myType = Demo::typeid;

    FieldInfo^ fiPrivate = myType->GetField("m_field",
        BindingFlags::NonPublic | BindingFlags::Instance);
    DisplayField(d, fiPrivate);

    FieldInfo^ fiPublic = myType->GetField("Field",
        BindingFlags::Public | BindingFlags::Instance);
    DisplayField(d, fiPublic);

    FieldInfo^ fiConstant = myType->GetField("FieldC",
        BindingFlags::Public | BindingFlags::Static);
    DisplayField(d, fiConstant);
}

/* This code example produces the following output:

Reflection.FieldAttributes
m_field = "String A"; attributes: Private
Field = "String B"; attributes: Public
FieldC = "String C"; attributes: Public, Static, Literal, HasDefault
 */

using System;
using System.Reflection;

public class Demo
{
    // Make three fields:
    // The first field is private.
    private string m_field = "String A";

    // The second field is public.
    public string Field = "String B";

    // The third field is public const (hence also literal and static),
    // with a default value.
    public const string FieldC = "String C";
}

public class Myfieldattributes
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine ("\nReflection.FieldAttributes");
        Demo d = new Demo();

        // Get a Type object for Demo, and a FieldInfo for each of
        // the three fields. Use the FieldInfo to display field
        // name, value for the Demo object in d, and attributes.
        //
        Type myType = typeof(Demo);
        FieldInfo fiPrivate = myType.GetField("m_field",
            BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
        DisplayField(d, fiPrivate);

        FieldInfo fiPublic = myType.GetField("Field",
            BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
        DisplayField(d, fiPublic);

        FieldInfo fiConstant = myType.GetField("FieldC",
            BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);
        DisplayField(d, fiConstant);
    }

    static void DisplayField(Object obj, FieldInfo f)
    {
        // Display the field name, value, and attributes.
        //
        Console.WriteLine("{0} = \"{1}\"; attributes: {2}",
            f.Name, f.GetValue(obj), f.Attributes);
    }
}

/* This code example produces the following output:

Reflection.FieldAttributes
m_field = "String A"; attributes: Private
Field = "String B"; attributes: Public
FieldC = "String C"; attributes: Public, Static, Literal, HasDefault
 */

Imports System.Reflection

Public Class Demo
    ' Declare three fields.
    ' The first field is private.
    Private m_field As String = "String A"

    'The second field is public.
    Public Field As String = "String B"

    ' The third field is public and const, hence also static
    ' and literal with a default value.
    Public Const FieldC As String = "String C"

End Class

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        ' Create an instance of the Demo class.
        Dim d As New Demo()

        Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Reflection.FieldAttributes")

        ' Get a Type object for Demo, and a FieldInfo for each of
        ' the three fields. Use the FieldInfo to display field
        ' name, value for the Demo object in d, and attributes.
        '
        Dim myType As Type = GetType(Demo)

        Dim fiPrivate As FieldInfo = myType.GetField("m_field", _
            BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.Instance)
        DisplayField(d, fiPrivate)

        Dim fiPublic As FieldInfo = myType.GetField("Field", _
            BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.Instance)
        DisplayField(d, fiPublic)

        Dim fiConstant As FieldInfo = myType.GetField("FieldC", _
            BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.Static)
        DisplayField(d, fiConstant)
    End Sub

    Sub DisplayField(ByVal obj As Object, ByVal f As FieldInfo)

        ' Display the field name, value, and attributes.
        '
        Console.WriteLine("{0} = ""{1}""; attributes: {2}", _
            f.Name, f.GetValue(obj), f.Attributes)
    End Sub

End Module

' This code example produces the following output:
'
'm_field = "String A"; attributes: Private
'Field = "String B"; attributes: Public
'FieldC = "String C"; attributes: Public, Static, Literal, HasDefault

Remarks

All members have a set of attributes, which are defined in relation to the specific type of member. FieldAttributes informs the user whether this field is the private field, a static field, and so on.

To get the Attributes property, first get the class Type. From the Type, get the FieldInfo. From the FieldInfo, get the Attributes.

Applies to

See also

• FieldAttributes
• Type