FieldInfo.FieldType Property

Property Value

Type: System.Type
The type of this field object.

Imports System.Reflection

Public Class Example

   Public SomeField As String = "field value"

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) 
      Dim ex As New Example()

      ' Get the type and FieldInfo.
      Dim MyType As Type = GetType(Example)
      Dim fi As FieldInfo = MyType.GetField("SomeField", _
          BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.Public)

      ' Get and display the name, value, and FieldType.
      outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("{0}.{1}: ""{2}""", MyType.Name, _
          fi.Name, fi.GetValue(ex)) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("FieldType = {0}", fi.FieldType) & vbCrLf

   End Sub
End Class 

' This code produces the following output:
'
'Example.SomeField: "field value"
'FieldType = System.String

using System;
using System.Reflection;

public class Example
{
   public string SomeField = "field value";

   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      Example ex = new Example();

      // Get the type and FieldInfo.
      Type MyType = typeof(Example);
      FieldInfo fi = MyType.GetField("SomeField",
          BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);

      // Get and display the name, value, and FieldType.
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0}.{1}: \"{2}\"\n", MyType.FullName,
         fi.Name, fi.GetValue(ex));
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("FieldType = {0}\n", fi.FieldType);
   }
}

/* This code produces the following output:

Example.SomeField: "field value"
FieldType = System.String
 */