How do you get the all properties of a class and its base classes (up the hierarchy) with Reflection? (C#)

Question

So what I have right now is something like this:

PropertyInfo[] info = obj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public);

where obj

Answer 1

I would tend to agree with Nicolas; unless you know you need reflection, then ComponentModel is a viable alternative, with the advantage that you will get the correct metadata even for runtime models (such as DataView/DataRowView).

For example:

    foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(obj))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}", prop.Name, prop.GetValue(obj));
    }

As an aside, you can also do some simple performance tricks with this; you can do the same with reflection and Delegate.CreateDelegate, but there is no centralised place to hide the logic away, unlike TypeDescriptor with a TypeDescriptionProvider (don't worry if these are unfamiliar; you can just use the code "as is" ;-p).