property.GetValue(this, null) leads to "Object does not match target type"

Question

I have a database class like this

class Database
    {
        [Browsable(false)]
        public long Session { get; set; }
        public string Förnamn { get; set; }
        public string Efternamn { get; set; }
        public string Mail { get; set; }   
    }

A DataGridView uses BindingList as it's datasource and I retrieve the selected row of a gridview as a database class instance like this:

Database currentObject = (Database)dataGridView1.CurrentRow.DataBoundItem;

Now I'm trying to loop through the properties of "currentObject" like this:

foreach (PropertyInfo property in currentObject.GetType().GetProperties())
        {         
            var name = property.Name;
            object obj = property.GetValue(this, null);    
        }

But on line object obj = property.GetValue(this, null); it crashes and I get:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Reflection.TargetException' occurred in mscorlib.dll

Additional information: Object does not match target type.

What am I missing here?

Answer 1

You'll have to change this line from

 object obj = property.GetValue(this, null);  

to

object obj = property.GetValue(currentObject, null);

First parameter of GetValue requires target instance to get the value. so when you say this runtime throws exception saying that no such property exist in this.

Answer 2

Try this

foreach (PropertyInfo property in currentObject.GetType().GetProperties())
{         
    var name = property.Name;
    object obj = property.GetValue(currentObject, null);    
}