How can I get the name of a C# static class property using reflection?

Question

I want to make a C# Dictionary in which the key is the string name of a static property in a class and the value is the value of the property. Given a static property in th

Answer 1

Here is a function that will get you the names of all static properties in a given type.

public static IEnumerable GetStaticPropertyNames(Type t) {
  foreach ( var prop in t.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic) ) {
    yield return prop.Name; 
  }
}

If you want to build up the map of all property names to their values you can do the following

public static Dictionary GetStaticPropertyBag(Type t) {
  var flags = BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
  var map = new Dictionary();
  foreach ( var prop in t.GetProperties(flags) ) {
    map[prop.Name] = prop.GetValue(null,null);
  }
  return map;
}

Now you can call it with the following

var bag = GetStaticPropertyBag(typeof(MyResources));