Given a class like this:
public abstract class SomeClass
{
private string _name;
private int _someInt;
private int _anotherInt;
public SomeClass(string name, int someInt = 10, int anotherInt = 20)
{
_name = name;
_someInt = someInt;
_anotherInt = anotherInt;
}
}
Is it possible using reflection to get the optional parameter's default values?
Lets take a basic program:
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Foo();
}
public static void Foo(int i = 5)
{
Console.WriteLine("hi" +i);
}
}
And look at some IL Code.
For Foo:
.method public hidebysig static void Foo([opt] int32 i) cil managed
{
.param [1] = int32(0x00000005)
// Code size 24 (0x18)
.maxstack 8
IL_0000: nop
IL_0001: ldstr "hi"
IL_0006: ldarg.0
IL_0007: box [mscorlib]System.Int32
IL_000c: call string [mscorlib]System.String::Concat(object,
object)
IL_0011: call void [mscorlib]System.Console::WriteLine(string)
IL_0016: nop
IL_0017: ret
} // end of method Program::Foo
For Main:
.method private hidebysig static void Main(string[] args) cil managed
{
.entrypoint
// Code size 9 (0x9)
.maxstack 8
IL_0000: nop
IL_0001: ldc.i4.5
IL_0002: call void ConsoleApplication3.Program::Foo(int32)
IL_0007: nop
IL_0008: ret
} // end of method Program::Main
Notice that main has 5 hardcoded as part of the call, and in Foo. The calling method is actually hardcoding the value that is optional! The value is at both the call-site and callee site.
You will be able to get at the optional value by using the form:
typeof(SomeClass).GetConstructor(new []{typeof(string),typeof(int),typeof(int)})
.GetParameters()[1].RawDefaultValue
On MSDN for DefaultValue (mentioned in the other answer):
This property is used only in the execution context. In the reflection-only context, use the RawDefaultValue property instead. MSDN
And finally a POC:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var optionalParameterInformation = typeof(SomeClass).GetConstructor(new[] { typeof(string), typeof(int), typeof(int) })
.GetParameters().Select(p => new {p.Name, OptionalValue = p.RawDefaultValue});
foreach (var p in optionalParameterInformation)
Console.WriteLine(p.Name+":"+p.OptionalValue);
Console.ReadKey();
}
http://bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2008/10/31/c-4-0-feature-focus-part-1-optional-parameters.aspx
DefaultValue
of the ParameterInfo
class is what you are looking for:
var defaultValues = typeof(SomeClass).GetConstructors()[0].GetParameters().Select(t => t.DefaultValue).ToList();