Reflection - Iterate object's properties recursively within my own assemblies (Vb.Net/3.5)

Question

I wonder if anyone can help me - I\'ve not done much with reflection but understand the basic principles.

What I\'m trying to do:

I\'m in the pr

Answer 1

you extension version on c# to use on any object

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Extensions
{
    public static class ObjectExtension
    {
        public static string ToStringProperties(this object o)
        {
            return o.ToStringProperties(0);
        }
    public static string ToStringProperties(this object o, int level)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        string spacer = new String(' ', 2 * level);
        if (level == 0) sb.Append(o.ToString());
        sb.Append(spacer);
        sb.Append("{\r\n");
        foreach (PropertyInfo pi in o.GetType().GetProperties())
        {

            if (pi.GetIndexParameters().Length == 0)
            {
                sb.Append(spacer);
                sb.Append("  ");
                sb.Append(pi.Name);
                sb.Append(" = ");

                object propValue = pi.GetValue(o, null);
                if (propValue == null)
                {
                    sb.Append(" ");
                } else {
                    if (IsMyOwnType(pi.PropertyType))
                    {
                        sb.Append("\r\n");
                        sb.Append(((object)propValue).ToStringProperties(level + 1));
                    } else{
                        sb.Append(propValue.ToString());
                    }
                }
                sb.Append("\r\n");
            }
        }
        sb.Append(spacer);
        sb.Append("}\r\n");
        return sb.ToString();
    }
    private static bool IsMyOwnType(Type t) 
{
    return (t.Assembly == Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
}
}
}