C#: how to return a list of the names of all properties of an object?

Question

I have a class:

 public class foo
{
    public IEnumerable stst_soldToALTKN { get; set; }
    public int sId { get; set; }        
    public strin         


        

Answer 1

You can use this:

public IEnumerable<string> GetAllPropertyNames(object o)
{
    foreach (PropertyInfo propInfo in o.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance))
    yield return propInfo.Name;
}

Answer 2

You can use reflection to get a list of the properties and from them, select the name:

var foo1 = new foo();
var propertyNames = foo1.GetType()
    .GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlag.Instance)
    .Select(p => p.Name)
    .ToList();

propertyNames will now be a List<string>.

BTW, you don't need an instance of foo for this to work. You can get its type instead by doing:

var propertyNames = typeof(foo)
    .GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlag.Instance)
    .Select(p => p.Name)
    .ToList();

Answer 3

var propNames = foo1.GetType()
                    .GetProperties()
                    .Select(pi => pi.Name)

Answer 4

You could try

var propertyNames = foo1.GetType()
                   .GetProperties()
                   .Select(x => x.Name).ToList();