How to get the list of properties of a class?

Question

How do I get a list of all the properties of a class?

Answer 1

I am also facing this kind of requirement.

From this discussion I got another Idea,

Obj.GetType().GetProperties()[0].Name

This is also showing the property name.

Obj.GetType().GetProperties().Count();

this showing number of properties.

Thanks to all. This is nice discussion.

Answer 2

Reflection; for an instance:

obj.GetType().GetProperties();

for a type:

typeof(Foo).GetProperties();

for example:

class Foo {
    public int A {get;set;}
    public string B {get;set;}
}
...
Foo foo = new Foo {A = 1, B = "abc"};
foreach(var prop in foo.GetType().GetProperties()) {
    Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}", prop.Name, prop.GetValue(foo, null));
}

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Following feedback...

• To get the value of static properties, pass null as the first argument to GetValue
• To look at non-public properties, use (for example) GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance) (which returns all public/private instance properties ).

Answer 3

You could use the System.Reflection namespace with the Type.GetProperties() mehod:

PropertyInfo[] propertyInfos;
propertyInfos = typeof(MyClass).GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public|BindingFlags.Static);