Can I get an array contining the fields of the DataFormat class.

[AAaron123]

DataFormat is a class who's fields are static strings.
I'd like a foreach loop that loops over those strings.

Actually any way to get a copy of all those strings into an array would
work.

Can you think of any way that could be done?

Thanks in advance

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=]

AAaron123 wrote:

DataFormat is a class who's fields are static strings.
I'd like a foreach loop that loops over those strings.

Actually any way to get a copy of all those strings into an array would
work.

Can you think of any way that could be done?

For inspiration:

using System;
using System.Reflection;

namespace E
{
public class Foobar
{
public static string a = "A";
public static string b = "BB";
public static string c = "CCC";
}
public class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Foobar fb = new Foobar();
foreach(FieldInfo fi in fb.GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Public |
BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.GetValue(fb));
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}

Arne

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Arne Vajhøj wrote:

AAaron123 wrote:

>DataFormat is a class who's fields are static strings.
I'd like a foreach loop that loops over those strings.

Actually any way to get a copy of all those strings into an array
would work.

Can you think of any way that could be done?

For inspiration:

using System.Reflection;

foreach(FieldInfo fi in
fb.GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.GetValue(fb));
}

Note that the use of reflection has an impact on performance.

You should consider based on your context.

Arne

[AAaron123]

Two things:

1) I dropped the "s". It should have been: DataFormats

2) I would appreciate it if you would look at the DataFormats doc and see if
you think your solution would work.
DataFormats seem to lack a constructor and the method GetType.

Thanks for your interest

"Arne Vajhøj" <ar**@vajhoej.dkwrote in message
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Arne Vajhøj wrote:

>AAaron123 wrote:

>>DataFormat is a class who's fields are static strings.
I'd like a foreach loop that loops over those strings.

Actually any way to get a copy of all those strings into an array would
work.

Can you think of any way that could be done?

For inspiration:

>using System.Reflection;

> foreach(FieldInfo fi in
fb.GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.GetValue(fb));
}

Note that the use of reflection has an impact on performance.

You should consider based on your context.

Arne

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AAaron123 wrote:

Two things:

1) I dropped the "s". It should have been: DataFormats

2) I would appreciate it if you would look at the DataFormats doc and see if
you think your solution would work.
DataFormats seem to lack a constructor and the method GetType.

All objects have a GetType method.

The code should work on all clases.

When I look at System.Windows.DataFormat I can not
see any fields, so the code would not make much sense.

Arne

[AAaron123]

"Arne Vajhøj" <ar**@vajhoej.dkwrote in message
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AAaron123 wrote:

>Two things:

1) I dropped the "s". It should have been: DataFormats

2) I would appreciate it if you would look at the DataFormats doc and see
if you think your solution would work.
DataFormats seem to lack a constructor and the method GetType.

All objects have a GetType method.

I thought so but in the DataFormats Members doc I see only one method,
GetDataFormat, which has 2 overloads.

>
The code should work on all clases.

When I look at System.Windows.DataFormat I can not
see any fields, so the code would not make much sense.

It's System.Windows.DataFormats.
Note the "s"
And note that all the fields are static

>
Arne

Thanks again

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AAaron123 wrote:

"Arne Vajhøj" <ar**@vajhoej.dkwrote in message
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>AAaron123 wrote:

>>Two things:

1) I dropped the "s". It should have been: DataFormats

2) I would appreciate it if you would look at the DataFormats doc and see
if you think your solution would work.
DataFormats seem to lack a constructor and the method GetType.

All objects have a GetType method.

I thought so but in the DataFormats Members doc I see only one method,
GetDataFormat, which has 2 overloads.

>The code should work on all clases.

When I look at System.Windows.DataFormat I can not
see any fields, so the code would not make much sense.

It's System.Windows.DataFormats.
Note the "s"
And note that all the fields are static

Ah. It is a static class, so you do not have an object and therefore
no GetType.

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace E
{
public class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
foreach(FieldInfo fi in
typeof(DataFormats).GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.Name + "=" + fi.GetValue(null));
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}

Arne

[AAaron123]

Thanks, works great.

Actually I made subs out of the two methods you showed (for npn-static and
for static classes).

They work well but it made me wonder if the class being investigate could be
brought in as a parameter. That is, can a parameter be subsituted for
DataFormats and for fb? Then I realized I have no idea how to do that.

Is that possible?
Thanks again

public static void StaticTmp()
{
foreach(FieldInfo fi in typeof(DataFormats).GetFields(BindingFlags.Public
| BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.Name + "=" + fi.GetValue(null));
}
}

public static void NonStaticTmp()
{
Foobar fb = new Foobar();
foreach(FieldInfo fi in fb.GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Public |
BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.GetValue(fb));
}
}

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AAaron123 wrote:

Actually I made subs out of the two methods you showed (for npn-static and
for static classes).

They work well but it made me wonder if the class being investigate could be
brought in as a parameter. That is, can a parameter be subsituted for
DataFormats and for fb? Then I realized I have no idea how to do that.

>public static void StaticTmp()
{
foreach(FieldInfo fi in typeof(DataFormats).GetFields(BindingFlags.Public
| BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.Name + "=" + fi.GetValue(null));
}
}

>public static void NonStaticTmp()
{
Foobar fb = new Foobar();
foreach(FieldInfo fi in fb.GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Public |
BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.GetValue(fb));
}
}

What about something like:

public static void PrintStatic(Type t)
{
foreach(FieldInfo fi in t.GetFields(BindingFlags.Public |
BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.Name + "=" + fi.GetValue(null));
}
}

and use as:

PrintStatic(fb.GetType());
PrintStatic(typeof(DataFormats));

?

Arne

[AAaron123]

thanks a lot

"Arne Vajhøj" <ar**@vajhoej.dkwrote in message
news:48***********************@news.sunsite.dk...

AAaron123 wrote:

>Actually I made subs out of the two methods you showed (for npn-static
and for static classes).

They work well but it made me wonder if the class being investigate could
be brought in as a parameter. That is, can a parameter be subsituted for
DataFormats and for fb? Then I realized I have no idea how to do that.

>>public static void StaticTmp()
{
foreach(FieldInfo fi in
typeof(DataFormats).GetFields(BindingFlags.Publi c |
BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.Name + "=" + fi.GetValue(null));
}
}

>>public static void NonStaticTmp()
{
Foobar fb = new Foobar();
foreach(FieldInfo fi in fb.GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Public |
BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.GetValue(fb));
}
}

What about something like:

public static void PrintStatic(Type t)
{
foreach(FieldInfo fi in t.GetFields(BindingFlags.Public |
BindingFlags.Static))
{
Console.WriteLine(fi.Name + "=" + fi.GetValue(null));
}
}

and use as:

PrintStatic(fb.GetType());
PrintStatic(typeof(DataFormats));

?

Arne