Question

I have created a Static Class and used that in Reflection.
But when i accessed the Methods of that class, its showing 5 methods but i have created only 1.
The extra methods are

Write
ToString
Equals
GetHashCode
GetType

But i have created only the Write methods.

One static methods can be in a static class but these extra 4 methods are not statics and from where they have drived. What is the base class for that

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

using System.Reflection;

namespace ReflectionDemo
{
    static class ReflectionTest
    {
        public static int Height;
        public static int Width;
        public static int Weight;
        public static string Name;

        public static void Write()
        {
            Type type = typeof(ReflectionTest);         //Get type pointer
            FieldInfo[] fields = type.GetFields();      //obtain all fields
            MethodInfo[] methods = type.GetMethods();
            Console.WriteLine(type);
            foreach (var item in methods)
            {
                string name = item.Name;
                Console.WriteLine(name);
            }

            foreach (var field in fields)
            {
                string name = field.Name; //(null); //Get value
                object temp = field.GetValue(name);
                if (temp is int) //see if it is an integer
                {
                    int value = (int)temp;
                    Console.Write(name);
                    Console.Write("(int) = ");
                    Console.WriteLine(value);
                }
                else if (temp is string)
                {
                    string value = temp as string;
                    Console.Write(name);
                    Console.Write("(string) = ");
                    Console.WriteLine(value);
                }
            }
        }        
    }
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ReflectionTest.Height = 100;
            ReflectionTest.Width = 50;
            ReflectionTest.Weight = 300;
            ReflectionTest.Name = "Perl";

            ReflectionTest.Write();

            Console.ReadLine();            
        }
    }
}

But how to create an object of a static class to access those methods
static class cannot have non static methods

Answer 1

Every type in C# inherits (directly, or indirectly) from System.Object. Thus inheriting Object‘s methods ToString, GetHashCode, Equals and GetType. That is why you are seeing them while exploring all methods of ReflectionTest type object. To get only static methods use this BindingFlags enum member:

type.GetMethods(System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static)