Question

I got an internal method where one of the input parameter is an internal Enum. How do I get a enum value and pass it to the method?

Example:

internal enum MyEnum
{
    One,
    Two,
    Three
}


internal int InternalTest(string test, MyEnum enumTest)
{
    return test.Length;
}

And then obtained by something like this:

MethodInfo addInternal = typeof(Class1).GetMethod("InternalTest", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic, null, new Type[] { typeof(string), typeof(?????) }, null);

Thanks!

Ivar

Answer 1

Try typeof(Class1).GetNestedTypes(). It should return a list all types that nested into Class1 – like MyEnum is. So look through the list of nested types, find the MyEnum type and pass it to GetMethod.

GetNestedTypes documentation on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.type.getnestedtypes(v=vs.100).aspx

There is also a GetNestedType() method that accepts a type name and some BindingFlags which allows you to search for specific nested type by name.

To get a value of the enum using reflection, use this:

object enumValue = myEnumType.GetField("ValueName", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public);