Question

I have a Person class that inherits EntityBase:

public class Person : EntityBase
{        
   virtual public string FirstName { get; set; }
   virtual public string LastName { get; set; } 
   virtual public IList<Asset> Assets { get; set; }   

}

And

public class EntityBase : IEntity
{    
   public virtual long Id { get; protected set; }
   public virtual string Error { get; protected set; }
}

I need to get list of properties of self Person class:

var entity = preUpdateEvent.Entity;

foreach (var item in entity.GetType().GetProperties()) //only FirstName & LastName
{
   if (item.PropertyType == typeof(String))               
      item.SetValue(entity, "XXXXX" ,null);
} 

Now GetProperties() is include : FirstName, LastName, Id, Error but I need only own Person properties namely : FirstName, LastName

How can I get the properties that are only defined on Person?

Answer 1

Use

var properties = typeof(Person).GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public |
                                              BindingFlags.Instance |
                                              BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly);

The DeclaredOnly value is documented like this:

Specifies that only members declared at the level of the supplied type’s hierarchy should be considered. Inherited members are not considered.