Using GetProperties() with BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly in .NET Reflection

Question

If I use

sometype.GetProperties();

I get all of the properties from the type and it\'s parent. However I only want to retrieve the proper

Answer 1

From the MSDN site.

Default (member) Specifies no binding flag.

You must specify Instance or Static along with Public or NonPublic or no members will be returned.

Hence unless you specify the binding flags you get nothing.