PropertyInfo Class
Discovers the attributes of a property and provides access to property metadata.
System.Reflection::MemberInfo
System.Reflection::PropertyInfo
System.Reflection.Emit::PropertyBuilder
Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The PropertyInfo type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() | Attributes | Gets the attributes for this property. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | CanRead | Gets a value indicating whether the property can be read. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | CanWrite | Gets a value indicating whether the property can be written to. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | DeclaringType | Gets the class that declares this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | IsSpecialName | Gets a value indicating whether the name of the property is recognized as a special name by compilers. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | MemberType | Gets a MemberTypes value indicating that this member is a property. (Overrides MemberInfo::MemberType.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | MetadataToken | Gets a value that identifies a metadata element. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Module | Gets the module in which the type that declares the member represented by the current MemberInfo is defined. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Name | Gets the name of the current member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | PropertyType | Gets the type of this property. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ReflectedType | Gets the class object that was used to obtain this instance of MemberInfo. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetAccessors() | Returns an array whose elements reflect the public get, set, and other accessors of the property reflected by the current instance. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetAccessors(Boolean) | Returns an array whose elements reflect the public (and, if specified, non-public) get, set, and other accessors of the property reflected by the current instance. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetConstantValue | Returns a literal value associated with the property by a compiler. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetCustomAttributes(Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of all custom attributes applied to this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetCustomAttributes(Type, Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of custom attributes applied to this member and identified by Type. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetGetMethod() | Returns the public get accessor for this property. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetGetMethod(Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns the public or non-public get accessor for this property. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetIndexParameters | When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of all the index parameters for the property. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetRawConstantValue | Returns a literal value associated with the property by a compiler. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetSetMethod() | Returns the public set accessor for this property. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetSetMethod(Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, returns the set accessor for this property. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetValue(Object, array<Object>) | Returns the value of the property with optional index values for indexed properties. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetValue(Object, BindingFlags, Binder, array<Object>, CultureInfo) | When overridden in a derived class, returns the value of a property that has the specified binding, index, and CultureInfo. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | IsDefined | When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether one or more attributes of the specified type or of its derived types is applied to this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | SetValue(Object, Object, array<Object>) | Sets the value of the property on the specified object, with optional index values for indexed properties. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | SetValue(Object, Object, BindingFlags, Binder, array<Object>, CultureInfo) | When overridden in a derived class, sets the property value for the given object to the given value, subject to the specified binding constraints, binder, and culture. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
Properties are logically the same as fields. A property is a named aspect of an object's state whose value is typically accessible through get and set accessors. Properties may be read-only, in which case there is no set accessor.
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To determine whether a property is static, you must obtain the MethodInfo for the get or set accessor, by calling the GetGetMethod or the GetSetMethod method, and examine its IsStatic property. |
Calling ICustomAttributeProvider::GetCustomAttributes on PropertyInfo and specifying true for the inherit parameter does not walk the type hierarchy. Use the Attribute::GetCustomAttributes(MemberInfo, Boolean) method to list inherited custom attributes. Note, however, that even this method finds only those inherited custom attributes that derive from System::Attribute.
The following example shows how to get the value of an indexed property using reflection. The String::Chars property is the default property (the indexer in C#) of the String class.
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To run this example, see Building Examples That Use a Demo Method and a TextBlock Control. |
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