Question

In .NET & C#, suppose ClassB has a field that is of type ClassA.
One can easily use method GetFields to list ClassB‘s fields.
However, I want to also list the fields of those ClassB fields that themselves have fields.
For example, ClassB‘s field x has fields b, s, and i. I’d like to (programmatically) list those fields (as suggested by my comments in the code below).

class ClassA
    {
    public  byte    b ;
    public  short   s ;
    public  int i ;
    }

class ClassB
    {
    public  long    l ;
    public  ClassA  x ;
    }

class MainClass
    {
    public static void Main ( )
        {
        ClassA myAObject = new ClassA () ;
        ClassB myBObject = new ClassB () ;

        //  My goal is this:
        //    ***Using myBObject only***, print its fields, and the fields
        //    of those fields that, *themselves*, have fields.
        //  The output should look like this:
        //    Int64   l
        //    ClassA  x
        //               Byte   b
        //               Int16  s
        //               Int32  i

        }
    }

Answer 1

Use the FieldInfo.FieldType to reflect over the type of the fields in your class. E.g.

fieldInfo.FieldType.GetFields();

Here is a complete sample based on your code that uses recursion in case you have ClassZ inside ClassA. It breaks if you have a cyclic object graph.

using System;
using System.Reflection;

class ClassA {
  public byte b;
  public short s; 
  public int i;
}

class ClassB {
  public long l;
  public ClassA x;
}

class MainClass {

  public static void Main() {
    ClassB myBObject = new ClassB();
    WriteFields(myBObject.GetType(), 0);
  }

  static void WriteFields(Type type, Int32 indent) {
    foreach (FieldInfo fieldInfo in type.GetFields(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic)) {
      Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}\t{2}", new String('\t', indent), fieldInfo.FieldType.Name, fieldInfo.Name);
      if (fieldInfo.FieldType.IsClass)
        WriteFields(fieldInfo.FieldType, indent + 1);
    }
  }

}