How to use .NET reflection to check for nullable r

C# 8.0 introduces nullable reference types. Here's a simple class with a nullable property:

public class Foo
{
    public String? Bar { get; set; }
}

Is there a way to check a class property uses a nullable reference type via reflection?

This appears to work, at least on the types I've tested it with.

You need to pass the PropertyInfo for the property you're interested in, and also the Type which that property is defined on (not a derived or parent type - it has to be the exact type):

public static bool IsNullable(Type enclosingType, PropertyInfo property)
{
    if (!enclosingType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly).Contains(property))
        throw new ArgumentException("enclosingType must be the type which defines property");

    var nullable = property.CustomAttributes
        .FirstOrDefault(x => x.AttributeType.FullName == "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute");
    if (nullable != null && nullable.ConstructorArguments.Count == 1)
    {
        var attributeArgument = nullable.ConstructorArguments[0];
        if (attributeArgument.ArgumentType == typeof(byte[]))
        {
            var args = (ReadOnlyCollection<CustomAttributeTypedArgument>)attributeArgument.Value;
            if (args.Count > 0 && args[0].ArgumentType == typeof(byte))
            {
                return (byte)args[0].Value == 2;
            }
        }
        else if (attributeArgument.ArgumentType == typeof(byte))
        {
            return (byte)attributeArgument.Value == 2;
        }
    }

    var context = enclosingType.CustomAttributes
        .FirstOrDefault(x => x.AttributeType.FullName == "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableContextAttribute");
    if (context != null &&
        context.ConstructorArguments.Count == 1 &&
        context.ConstructorArguments[0].ArgumentType == typeof(byte))
    {
        return (byte)context.ConstructorArguments[0].Value == 2;
    }

    // Couldn't find a suitable attribute
    return false;
}

See this document for details.

The general gist is that either the property itself can have a [Nullable] attribute on it, or if it doesn't the enclosing type might have [NullableContext] attribute. We first look for [Nullable], then if we don't find it we look for [NullableContext] on the enclosing type.

The compiler might embed the attributes into the assembly, and since we might be looking at a type from a different assembly, we need to do a reflection-only load.

[Nullable] might be instantiated with an array, if the property is generic. In this case, the first element represents the actual property (and further elements represent generic arguments). [NullableContext] is always instantiated with a single byte.

A value of 2 means "nullable". 1 means "not nullable", and 0 means "oblivious".