How do you get the all properties of a class and its base classes (up the hierarchy) with Reflection? (C#)

Question

So what I have right now is something like this:

PropertyInfo[] info = obj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public); 

where obj is some object.

The problem is some of the properties I want aren't in obj.GetType() they're in one of the base classes further up. If I stop the debugger and look at obj, the I have to dig through a few "base" entries to see the properties I want to get at. Is there some binding flag I can set to have it return those or do I have to recursively dig through the Type.BaseType hierarchy and do GetProperties on all of them?

Answer 1

Use this:

PropertyInfo[] info = obj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance); 

EDIT: Of course the correct answer is that of Jay. GetProperties() without parameters is equivalent to GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static ). The BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy plays no role here.

Answer 2

I don't think it's that complicated.

If you remove the BindingFlags parameter to GetProperties, I think you get the results you're looking for:

    class B     {         public int MyProperty { get; set; }     }      class C : B     {         public string MyProperty2 { get; set; }     }      static void Main(string[] args)     {         PropertyInfo[] info = new C().GetType().GetProperties();         foreach (var pi in info)         {             Console.WriteLine(pi.Name);         }     } 

produces

     MyProperty2     MyProperty