Reflection, Classes and the Lack of Binary Compatibility

[Phill. W]

Does anyone happen to have a snippet of [VB 2003] code that,
for a given Type, produces a list of [all] the properties, methods,
constructors, and so on for that Class?

TIA,
Phill W.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Phill. W" <P.A.Ward@o-p-e-n-.-a-c-.-u-k> schrieb:

Does anyone happen to have a snippet of [VB 2003] code that,
for a given Type, produces a list of [all] the properties, methods,
constructors, and so on for that Class?

I do not have such a snippet, but creatint such a snippet should not be that
hard when using the 'Type' class and its methods.

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[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Phill,
Have you looked at the on-line help for System.Type? Specifically:

Type.GetMembers

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...mberstopic.asp

If want specific "types" of members instead of all members, try:

Type.GetProperties
Type.GetFields
Type.GetEvents
Type.GetMethods
Type.GetConstructors
Type.GetNestedTypes
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Hope this helps
Jay [MVP - Outlook]
..NET Application Architect, Enthusiast, & Evangelist
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"Phill. W" <P.A.Ward@o-p-e-n-.-a-c-.-u-k> wrote in message
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| Does anyone happen to have a snippet of [VB 2003] code that,
| for a given Type, produces a list of [all] the properties, methods,
| constructors, and so on for that Class?
|
| TIA,
| Phill W.
|
|

[Phill. W]

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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"Phill. W" <P.A.Ward@o-p-e-n-.-a-c-.-u-k> schrieb:

Does anyone happen to have a snippet of [VB 2003] code that,
for a given Type, produces a list of [all] the properties, methods,
constructors, and so on for that Class?
I do not have such a snippet, but creatint such a snippet should not be

that hard when using the 'Type' class and its methods.

Herfried,

You're right; it's /not/ that bad - at least up to a point.
I've successfully iterated all my constructors, methods and properties
(using the fairly obvious GetConstructors, GetMethods, GetProperties),
but how do I pull out any Enum's my class might expose?

TIA,
Phill W.

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Phill,
You would need to use Type.GetNestedTypes() to get any Enums (and other
types) that you may have nested inside another type.

FWIW: I rarely nest Enums inside of another type, rather I place them at
file scope either in with the primary type that uses them or in their own
file. Something like:

---x--- class1.vb ---x---
Public Enum Enum1
Value1
End Enum

Public Class Class1
...
End Class
---x---
---x--- Enum2.vb ---x---
Public Enum Enum2
Value1
End Enum
---x---

---x--- AnotherType.vb ---x---
Public Class AnotherType
...
End Class
---x---

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Hope this helps
Jay [MVP - Outlook]
..NET Application Architect, Enthusiast, & Evangelist
T.S. Bradley - http://www.tsbradley.net
"Phill. W" <P.A.Ward@o-p-e-n-.-a-c-.-u-k> wrote in message
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| "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
| news:Ow**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| > "Phill. W" <P.A.Ward@o-p-e-n-.-a-c-.-u-k> schrieb:
| > > Does anyone happen to have a snippet of [VB 2003] code that,
| > > for a given Type, produces a list of [all] the properties, methods,
| > > constructors, and so on for that Class?
| >
| > I do not have such a snippet, but creatint such a snippet should not be
| that
| > hard when using the 'Type' class and its methods.
|
| Herfried,
|
| You're right; it's /not/ that bad - at least up to a point.
| I've successfully iterated all my constructors, methods and properties
| (using the fairly obvious GetConstructors, GetMethods, GetProperties),
| but how do I pull out any Enum's my class might expose?
|
| TIA,
| Phill W.
|
|