How to get public static method of base class?

Question

My base class has a public static method, but when I call typeof(TDerived).GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public |BindingFlags.Static) my method doesn\'t get returned.

Answer 1

Use the BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy flag:

typeof(TDerived).GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy)

It is a documented behavior in the Remarks section for Type.GetMethods(BindingFlags) method.

Answer 2

If you want to get hold of all the static members of your direct base type, ie. only the static methods of the class from which the current class inherits, then you can access it through reflection as well.

Your code, from your question, would then become:

typeof(TDerived).BaseType.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static)
                ^---+---^
                    |
                    +-- add this

Of course, this would only get the static methods of that type. If you want all the static methods of your own type and the base type(s), then go with the FlattenHierarchy option that @Ondrej answered with, much better.