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Hi,

I wonder how to get the name of the currently executing property by using
reflection in .Net 2.0

If I use System.Reflecti on.MethodInfo.G etCurrentMethod ().Name from within a
property I get something like "set_MyProperty " instead of "MyProperty ". Is
there a way to get the current property name without the "set_" or "get_"
prefix?

Thanks,
Guido

May 29 '06 #1
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Hello Guido,

Welcome to the MSDN newsgroup.

As for the "System.Reflect ion.MethodInfo. GetCurrentMetho d()" method, it
always returns the methodinfo of the current executing function on the
stack. However, an executing function is not necessarily a property,
therefore the "System.Reflect ion.MethodInfo. GetCurrentMetho d()" method is
not suitable for getting property information. Also, in .net framework , a
property is actually represented by two raw accessor methods (get_PROPNAME
and set_PROPNAME), and in some languages such as C++, properties are even
directly defined by two functions. e.g.

==========

public: __property System::Int32 get_CodePage()
{
............... ....
}
public: __property void set_CodePage(Sy stem::Int32 value)
{
............... ...........
}
=============== =

That's why the "System.Reflect ion.MethodInfo. GetCurrentMetho d()" method can
only return the get/set accessor function name rather than the property
name.

Generally, we're recommended to use the "GetPropert ies" or "FindMember s"
method of the "Type" class to query property info from a certain class.

#Type.FindMembe rs Method
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ndmembers.aspx

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Community Support
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