Question

I have the following program that loops through all properties of my variable:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var person = new Person {Age = 30, Name = "Tony Montana", Mf = new Gender {Male = true,Female = false}};
        var type = typeof(Person);
        var properties = type.GetProperties();

        foreach (PropertyInfo property in properties)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1} : Value= {2}", property.Name, property.PropertyType, property.GetValue(person, null));
        }

        Console.Read();
    }
}

public class Person
{
    public int Age { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public Gender Mf;
}


 public class Gender
  {
       public bool Male;
       public bool Female;
   }

When I run this, I get the following output:

"Age = System.Int32 : Value= 30"
"Name = System.String : Value= Tony Montana"

I dont see my complex type person.Mf. How do i loop through my object person and get the type of person.Mf and the properties of person.Mf (i.e person.Mf.Male etc)? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Mf is a field, not a property. Change it to:

public Gender Mf { get; set; }

Or, alternatively, use reflection to iterate through all of the public fields (but I think you’re better off just making it a property).