System.Reflection.PropertyInfo Class

Overview

The PropertyInfo class discovers the attributes of a property and provides access to property metadata. It derives from MemberInfo and implements ICustomAttributeProvider.

Inheritance

System.Object
   ↳ System.Reflection.MemberInfo
        ↳ System.Reflection.PropertyInfo

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`CanRead`	bool	Gets a value indicating whether the property can be read.
`CanWrite`	bool	Gets a value indicating whether the property can be written to.
`PropertyType`	Type	Gets the type of the property.
`GetMethod`	MethodInfo	Gets the `MethodInfo` object for the property's get accessor.
`SetMethod`	MethodInfo	Gets the `MethodInfo` object for the property's set accessor.
`Attributes`	PropertyAttributes	Gets the attributes for this property.
`IsSpecialName`	bool	Indicates whether the property has a `specialname` attribute.
`ReflectedType`	Type	Gets the class that was used to obtain this `PropertyInfo` object.
`DeclaringType`	Type	Gets the class that declares this property.

Methods

Name	Signature	Description
`GetValue`	`object GetValue(object obj, object[] index)`	Gets the value of the property for a given object.
`SetValue`	`void SetValue(object obj, object value, object[] index)`	Sets the value of the property for a given object.
`GetGetMethod`	`MethodInfo GetGetMethod(bool nonPublic)`	Returns the public or non‑public get accessor.
`GetSetMethod`	`MethodInfo GetSetMethod(bool nonPublic)`	Returns the public or non‑public set accessor.
`GetCustomAttributes`	`object[] GetCustomAttributes(bool inherit)`	Returns an array of custom attributes applied to this property.
`IsDefined`	`bool IsDefined(Type attributeType, bool inherit)`	Indicates whether one or more attributes of the specified type are applied to this property.

Examples

using System;
using System.Reflection;

class Sample
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    private int Id { get; set; }

    static void Main()
    {
        var type = typeof(Sample);
        foreach (PropertyInfo prop in type.GetProperties(
                 BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic |
                 BindingFlags.Instance))
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Property: {prop.Name}");
            Console.WriteLine($"  Type: {prop.PropertyType}");
            Console.WriteLine($"  CanRead: {prop.CanRead}");
            Console.WriteLine($"  CanWrite: {prop.CanWrite}");
            Console.WriteLine($"  GetMethod IsPublic: {prop.GetGetMethod()?.IsPublic}");
            Console.WriteLine($"  SetMethod IsPublic: {prop.GetSetMethod()?.IsPublic}");
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection

Module Sample
    Public Property Name As String
    Private Property Id As Integer

    Sub Main()
        Dim t As Type = GetType(Sample)
        For Each prop As PropertyInfo In t.GetProperties( _
                BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.NonPublic Or _
                BindingFlags.Instance)

            Console.WriteLine($"Property: {prop.Name}")
            Console.WriteLine($"  Type: {prop.PropertyType}")
            Console.WriteLine($"  CanRead: {prop.CanRead}")
            Console.WriteLine($"  CanWrite: {prop.CanWrite}")
            Console.WriteLine($"  GetMethod IsPublic: {If(prop.GetGetMethod() IsNot Nothing, prop.GetGetMethod().IsPublic, "N/A")}")
            Console.WriteLine($"  SetMethod IsPublic: {If(prop.GetSetMethod() IsNot Nothing, prop.GetSetMethod().IsPublic, "N/A")}")
            Console.WriteLine()
        Next
    End Sub
End Module