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0625 MemberInfo
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MemberInfo also has a property called MemberType of type MemberTypes.
This is a flags enum with these values:
All
Custom
Field
NestedType
TypeInfo
Constructor
Event
Method
Property
A MemberInfo object has a Name property and two Type properties:
DeclaringType Returns the Type that defines the member
ReflectedType Returns the Type upon which GetMembers was called
The two differ when called on a member that's defined in a base type: Declaring Type returns the base type, whereas ReflectedType returns the subtype.
The following example highlights this:
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
MethodInfo test = typeof(Program).GetMethod("ToString");
MethodInfo obj = typeof(object).GetMethod("ToString");
Console.WriteLine(test.DeclaringType); // System.Object
Console.WriteLine(obj.DeclaringType); // System.Object
Console.WriteLine(test.ReflectedType); // Program
Console.WriteLine(obj.ReflectedType); // System.Object
Console.WriteLine(test == obj); // False
}
}
The output:
System.Object
System.Object
Program
System.Object
False
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