Type.GetProperty Method (String, Type)

Parameters

• name
  Type: System.String
  The String containing the name of the public property to get.

• returnType
  Type: System.Type
  The return type of the property.

Return Value

Type: System.Reflection.PropertyInfo
A PropertyInfo object representing the public property with the specified name, if found; otherwise, nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Imports System.Reflection
Class MyClass1
   Private myMessage As [String] = "Hello World."
   Public Property MyProperty1() As String
      Get
         Return myMessage
      End Get
      Set(ByVal Value As String)
         myMessage = Value
      End Set
   End Property
End Class 'MyClass1

Class Example
   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      Try
         Dim myType As Type = GetType(MyClass1)
         ' Get the PropertyInfo object representing MyProperty1. 
         Dim myStringProperties1 As PropertyInfo = myType.GetProperty("MyProperty1", GetType(String))
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The name of the first property of MyClass1 is {0}.", myStringProperties1.Name) & vbCrLf
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The type of the first property of MyClass1 is {0}.", myStringProperties1.PropertyType.ToString()) & vbCrLf
      Catch e As ArgumentNullException
         outputBlock.Text &= "ArgumentNullException :" + e.Message.ToString() & vbCrLf
      Catch e As AmbiguousMatchException
         outputBlock.Text &= "AmbiguousMatchException :" + e.Message.ToString() & vbCrLf
      Catch e As NullReferenceException
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Message : {0}", e.Message.ToString()) & vbCrLf
      End Try
      'Output:
      'The name of the first property of MyClass1 is MyProperty1.
      'The type of the first property of MyClass1 is System.String.
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'TestClass

using System;
using System.Reflection;

class MyClass1
{
   String myMessage = "Hello World.";
   public string MyProperty1
   {
      get
      {
         return myMessage;
      }
      set
      {
         myMessage = value;
      }
   }
}
class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      try
      {
         Type myType = typeof(MyClass1);
         // Get the PropertyInfo object representing MyProperty1. 
         PropertyInfo myStringProperties1 = myType.GetProperty("MyProperty1",
             typeof(string));
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The name of the first property of MyClass1 is {0}.", myStringProperties1.Name) + "\n";
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The type of the first property of MyClass1 is {0}.", myStringProperties1.PropertyType) + "\n";
      }
      catch (ArgumentNullException e)
      {
         outputBlock.Text += "ArgumentNullException :" + e.Message + "\n";

      }
      catch (AmbiguousMatchException e)
      {
         outputBlock.Text += "AmbiguousMatchException :" + e.Message + "\n";
      }
      catch (NullReferenceException e)
      {
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Message : {0}", e.Message) + "\n";
      }
      //Output:
      //The name of the first property of MyClass1 is MyProperty1.
      //The type of the first property of MyClass1 is System.String.

   }
}