How to get a Static property with Reflection

Question

So this seems pretty basic but I can\'t get it to work. I have an Object, and I am using reflection to get to it\'s public properties. One of these properties is static an

Answer 1

myType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static |  BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy);

This will return all static properties in static base class or a particular type and probably the child as well.

Answer 2

Or just look at this...

Type type = typeof(MyClass); // MyClass is static class with static properties
foreach (var p in type.GetProperties())
{
   var v = p.GetValue(null, null); // static classes cannot be instanced, so use null...
}

Answer 3

Ok so the key for me was to use the .FlattenHierarchy BindingFlag. I don't really know why I just added it on a hunch and it started working. So the final solution that allows me to get Public Instance or Static Properties is:

obj.GetType.GetProperty(propName, Reflection.BindingFlags.Public _
  Or Reflection.BindingFlags.Static Or Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance Or _
  Reflection.BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy)

Answer 4

The below seems to work for me.

using System;
using System.Reflection;

public class ReflectStatic
{
    private static int SomeNumber {get; set;}
    public static object SomeReference {get; set;}
    static ReflectStatic()
    {
        SomeReference = new object();
        Console.WriteLine(SomeReference.GetHashCode());
    }
}

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        var rs = new ReflectStatic();
        var pi = rs.GetType().GetProperty("SomeReference",  BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public);
        if(pi == null) { Console.WriteLine("Null!"); Environment.Exit(0);}
        Console.WriteLine(pi.GetValue(rs, null).GetHashCode());


    }
}

Answer 5

A little clarity...

// Get a PropertyInfo of specific property type(T).GetProperty(....)
PropertyInfo propertyInfo;
propertyInfo = typeof(TypeWithTheStaticProperty)
    .GetProperty("NameOfStaticProperty", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static); 

// Use the PropertyInfo to retrieve the value from the type by not passing in an instance
object value = propertyInfo.GetValue(null, null);

// Cast the value to the desired type
ExpectedType typedValue = (ExpectedType) value;

Answer 6

Try this C# Reflection link.

Note I think that BindingFlags.Instance and BindingFlags.Static are exclusive.