PropertyInfo.PropertyType Property

Property Value

Type: System.Type
The type of this property.

Imports System.Reflection

Public Class Example
    Public ReadOnly Property Answer() As Integer
        Get
            Return 42
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
        ' Get a Type object for the Example type.
        Dim t As Type = GetType(Example)

        ' Get a PropertyInfo object for the Answer property.
        Dim pi As PropertyInfo = t.GetProperty("Answer")

        ' Display the type returned by the Answer property.
        outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("The return type of the {0}.{1} property is {2}.", _
             t.Name, pi.Name, pi.PropertyType) & vbCrLf

    End Sub
End Class

' This example produces the following output:
'
'The return type of the Example.Answer property is System.Int32.

using System;
using System.Reflection;

public class Example
{
    public int Answer
    {
        get
        {
            return 42;
        }
    }

    public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
    {
        // Get a Type object for the Example type.
        Type t = typeof(Example);

        // Get a PropertyInfo object for the Answer property.
        PropertyInfo pi = t.GetProperty("Answer");

        // Display the type returned by the Answer property.
        outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The return type of the {0}.{1} property is {2}.",
             t.Name, pi.Name, pi.PropertyType) + "\n";
    }
}

/* This example produces the following output:

The return type of the Example.Answer property is System.Int32.
 */