How do I automatically display all properties of a class and their values in a string? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can do this via reflection.

PropertyInfo[] properties = MyClass.GetType().GetProperties();
foreach(PropertyInfo prop in properties)
{
...
}

Answer 2

If you have access to the code of the class you need then you can just override ToString() method. If not then you can use Reflections to read information from the Type object:

typeof(YourClass).GetProperties()

Answer 3

You can take inspiration from a more elaborate introspection of state from the StatePrinter package class introspector

Answer 4

@Oliver's answer as an extension method (which I think suits it well)

public static string PropertyList(this object obj)
{
  var props = obj.GetType().GetProperties();
  var sb = new StringBuilder();
  foreach (var p in props)
  {
    sb.AppendLine(p.Name + ": " + p.GetValue(obj, null));
  }
  return sb.ToString();
}

Answer 5

I think you can use a little reflection here. Take a look at Type.GetProperties().

private PropertyInfo[] _PropertyInfos = null;

public override string ToString()
{
    if(_PropertyInfos == null)
        _PropertyInfos = this.GetType().GetProperties();

    var sb = new StringBuilder();

    foreach (var info in _PropertyInfos)
    {
        var value = info.GetValue(this, null) ?? "(null)";
        sb.AppendLine(info.Name + ": " + value.ToString());
    }

    return sb.ToString();
}