How can I get the value of a string property via Reflection?
c#, properties, reflection, string
Solution
You can just get the property by name:
Foo f = new Foo();
f.Bar = "Jon Skeet is god.";
var barProperty = f.GetType().GetProperty("Bar");
string s = barProperty.GetValue(f,null) as string;
Regarding the follow up question: Indexers will always be named Item and have arguments on the getter. So
Foo f = new Foo();
f.Bar = "Jon Skeet is god.";
var barProperty = f.GetType().GetProperty("Item");
if (barProperty.GetGetMethod().GetParameters().Length>0)
{
object value = barProperty.GetValue(f,new []{1/* indexer value(s)*/});
}
Problem
``` public class Foo { public string Bar {get; set;} } ``` How do I get the value of Bar, a string property, via reflection? The following code will throw an exception if the PropertyInfo type is a System.String ``` Foo f = new Foo(); f.Bar = "Jon Skeet is god."; foreach(var property in f.GetType().GetProperties()) { object o = property.GetValue(f,null); //throws exception TargetParameterCountException for String type } ``` It seems that my problem is that the property is an indexer type, with a System.String. Also, how do I tell if the property is an indexer?