FieldInfo from Inherited Object

[Jack Madeja]

I have a problem with getting FieldInfo from Inherited Object.
Let say I want to do something like this:

Dim l_BF As BindingFlags
l_BF = BindingFlags.OptionalParamBinding Or _
BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy Or _
BindingFlags.Instance Or _
BindingFlags.NonPublic Or _
BindingFlags.Public Or _
BindingFlags.IgnoreCase
l_Type = obj.GetType
Dim l_Fields As FieldInfo() = l_Type.GetFields(l_BF)
Dim l_Field As FieldInfo
For Each l_Field In l_Fields
l_stkOut.Push(l_Field.Name)
Next
Return l_stkOut

My object is of class B, something like this:

Public Class A
Private _strName As String
Property Name() As String
Get
Return _strName
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
_strName = Value
End Set
End Property
End Class

Public Class B
Inherits A
Private _strAddress As String
Property Address() As String
Get
Return _strAddress
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
_strAddress = Value
End Set
End Property
End Class

In that case I only get Address-property in my returning stack. How
can I get fields from the inherited class A?

 

[Mattias Sjögren]

Jack,

IIRC Reflection never returns inherited private fields. So you have to
walk the inheritance hierarchy (with Type.BaseType) and call GetFields
on each base type.



Mattias

 

[Jack Madeja]

Jack,

IIRC Reflection never returns inherited private fields. So you have to
walk the inheritance hierarchy (with Type.BaseType) and call GetFields
on each base type.



Mattias

Thanks Mattias
That really helped!