Reflecting a private field from a base class

Question

Here is the structure:

MyClass : SuperClass2

SuperClass2 : SuperClass1

superClass2 is in Product.Web and SuperClass1 is in the .NET System.Web assemb

Answer 1

Extension method:

/// 

/// Returns the FieldInfo matching 'name' from either type 't' itself or its most-derived 
/// base type (unlike 'System.Type.GetField'). Returns null if no match is found.
/// 
public static FieldInfo GetPrivateField(this Type t, String name)
{
    const BindingFlags bf = BindingFlags.Instance | 
                            BindingFlags.NonPublic | 
                            BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly;

    FieldInfo fi;
    while ((fi = t.GetField(name, bf)) == null && (t = t.BaseType) != null)
        ;
    return fi;
}