Using reflection read properties of an object containing array of another object

Question

How can I read the properties of an object that contains an element of array type using reflection in c#. If I have a method called GetMyProperties and I determine that the

Answer 1

You'll need to retrieve the property value object and then call GetType() on it. Then you can do something like this:

var type = pinfo.GetGetMethod().Invoke(obj, new object[0]).GetType();
if (type.IsArray)
{
    Array a = (Array)obj;
    foreach (object arrayVal in a)
    {
        // reflect on arrayVal now
        var elementType = arrayVal.GetType();
    }
}

FYI -- I pulled this code from a recursive object formatting method (I would use JSON serialization for it now).

Answer 2

Try this code:

public static void GetMyProperties(object obj)
{
  foreach (PropertyInfo pinfo in obj.GetType().GetProperties())
  {
    var getMethod = pinfo.GetGetMethod();
    if (getMethod.ReturnType.IsArray)
    {
      var arrayObject = getMethod.Invoke(obj, null);
      foreach (object element in (Array) arrayObject)
      {
        foreach (PropertyInfo arrayObjPinfo in element.GetType().GetProperties())
        {
          Console.WriteLine(arrayObjPinfo.Name + ":" + arrayObjPinfo.GetGetMethod().Invoke(element, null).ToString());
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

I've tested this code and it resolves arrays through reflection correctly.