Question

I apologize if this is covered somewhere. I did research before posting!

okay, so question…I’m using GetType( ).GetProperties, but it isn’t returning simple instance fields, which don’t have get/set on them…so I used .GetFields, which finds them, but I want to get a simple single object to get/set a value on without flipping between fields and properties…is this possible?

my current code works on PropertyInfo, which is working great, but that isn’t for fields I guess?

[edit]
this is the solution I came up with, which is working good. thanks everyone….

    // some logic borrowed from James Newton-King, http://www.newtonsoft.com
    public static void SetValue(this MemberInfo member, object property, object value)
    {
        if (member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Property)
            ((PropertyInfo)member).SetValue(property, value, null);
        else if (member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Field)
            ((FieldInfo)member).SetValue(property, value);
        else
            throw new Exception("Property must be of type FieldInfo or PropertyInfo");
    }

    public static object GetValue(this MemberInfo member, object property)
    {
        if (member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Property)
            return ((PropertyInfo)member).GetValue(property, null);
        else if (member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Field)
            return ((FieldInfo)member).GetValue(property);
        else
            throw new Exception("Property must be of type FieldInfo or PropertyInfo");
    }

    public static Type GetType(this MemberInfo member)
    {
        switch (member.MemberType)
        {
            case MemberTypes.Field:
                return ((FieldInfo)member).FieldType;
            case MemberTypes.Property:
                return ((PropertyInfo)member).PropertyType;
            case MemberTypes.Event:
                return ((EventInfo)member).EventHandlerType;
            default:
                throw new ArgumentException("MemberInfo must be if type FieldInfo, PropertyInfo or EventInfo", "member");
        }
    }

Answer 1

How about:

const BindingFlags bindingFlags = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance;
MemberInfo[] members = type.GetFields(bindingFlags).Cast<MemberInfo>()
    .Concat(type.GetProperties(bindingFlags)).ToArray();

Alternatively, libraries like FastMember will work happily with either fields or properties, with get/set identical regardless of the member-type.