how to loop through properties?

[Alex K.]

Hi all

Is there any way to do something like this:

SomeClass A = SomeClass(...)
....
foreach (property P in A.Properties)
{
Console.WriteLine(P.Name + "=" + P.Value);
}
In other words, I need to be able to see all object's properties values
(order is not important), i.e. access properties as they were members of a
collection or array.

Thank you
Alex

[Vadym Stetsyak]

Use Reflection to do this

SomeClass A = SomeClass(...)
PropertyInfo[] properties = A.GetType().GetProperties();

Look on the MSDN for additional info
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"Alex K." <Al***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi all

Is there any way to do something like this:

SomeClass A = SomeClass(...)
...
foreach (property P in A.Properties)
{
Console.WriteLine(P.Name + "=" + P.Value);
}
In other words, I need to be able to see all object's properties values
(order is not important), i.e. access properties as they were members of a
collection or array.

Thank you
Alex

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Alex,

Yes, you can do something like this:

public static void OutputPropertiesToConsole(object o)
{
// Get the type.
Type t = o.GetType();

// Cycle through the properties.
foreach (PropertyInfo p in t.GetProperties())
{
// Write the name and the value.
Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", p.Name, p.GetValue(o, null));
}
}

This will get all public properties. You also need to check the code to
see if o is null. If you need private or static properties, you should
adjust the call to GetProperties to include the BindingFlag combinations you
want.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Alex K." <Al***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi all

Is there any way to do something like this:

SomeClass A = SomeClass(...)
...
foreach (property P in A.Properties)
{
Console.WriteLine(P.Name + "=" + P.Value);
}
In other words, I need to be able to see all object's properties values
(order is not important), i.e. access properties as they were members of a
collection or array.

Thank you
Alex

[Alex K.]

Thank you Nicholas
I've just figured it out, and it works.

The only one strange thing though: why should I pass object o as a parameter
to p.GetValue method if p belongs to t extracted from o? Theoretically, p
should have a reference to o already ...

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" wrote:

Alex,

Yes, you can do something like this:

public static void OutputPropertiesToConsole(object o)
{
// Get the type.
Type t = o.GetType();

// Cycle through the properties.
foreach (PropertyInfo p in t.GetProperties())
{
// Write the name and the value.
Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", p.Name, p.GetValue(o, null));
}
}

This will get all public properties. You also need to check the code to
see if o is null. If you need private or static properties, you should
adjust the call to GetProperties to include the BindingFlag combinations you
want.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Alex K." <Al***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi all

Is there any way to do something like this:

SomeClass A = SomeClass(...)
...
foreach (property P in A.Properties)
{
Console.WriteLine(P.Name + "=" + P.Value);
}
In other words, I need to be able to see all object's properties values
(order is not important), i.e. access properties as they were members of a
collection or array.

Thank you
Alex

[Joanna Carter [TeamB]]

"Alex K." <Al***@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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| The only one strange thing though: why should I pass object o as a
parameter
| to p.GetValue method if p belongs to t extracted from o? Theoretically, p
| should have a reference to o already ...

Because you are getting the PropertyInfo items from the *type* of the class
that you are working on. Once you have a list of properties from that
*type*, then the GetValue method of the PropertyInfo requires to know which
instance of that type it has to retrieve the value from.

Joanna

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Joanna Carter [TeamB]
Consultant Software Engineer