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Asked: 2026-06-11T00:23:22+00:00

I have started using reflection and am a bit confused about getting PropertyInfo .

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I have started using reflection and am a bit confused about getting PropertyInfo.

I do something like this and it works:

Dim x as New MyClass
Dim prop as PropertyInfo = x.GetType.GetProperty("Name")

I don’t understand why I must have an instance of the class in order to get a property from it. If GetType returns a Type object, why couldn’t I just reference the type itself?

Dim prop as PropertyInfo = GetType(MyClass).GetProperty("Name")

or

Dim prop as PropertyInfo = MyClass.GetType.GetProperty("Name")
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  1. Editorial Team
    Dim prop as PropertyInfo = GetType(MyClass).GetProperty("Name")

    That is exactly correct.

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