PropertyInfo Class

Imports System.Reflection

Class Example

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) 

        Dim test As String = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

        ' To retrieve the value of the indexed Chars property  using 
        ' reflection, create an instance of PropertyInfo for Chars.
        '
        Dim pinfo As PropertyInfo = GetType(String).GetProperty("Chars")

        ' To retrieve an instance property, the GetValue method
        ' requires the object whose property is being accessed, and 
        ' an array of objects representing the index values. 

        ' Get the seventh character in the test string. 
        ' Note that the index is zero-based.
        Dim indexArgs() As Object = { 6 }
        Dim value As Object = pinfo.GetValue(test, indexArgs)
        outputBlock.Text &= _
            String.Format("The character at index 6 is ""{0}""." & vbLf, value)

        ' Show the complete string, one character at a time.
        For i As Integer = 0 To test.Length - 1
            outputBlock.Text &= pinfo.GetValue(test, New Object() { i })
        Next
        outputBlock.Text &= vbLf

    End Sub

End Class

' This example produces the following output:
'
'The character at index 6 is "g".
'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

using System;
using System.Reflection;

class Example
{
    public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
    {
        string test = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

        // To retrieve the value of the indexed Chars property  using 
        // reflection, create an instance of PropertyInfo for Chars.
        //
        PropertyInfo pinfo = typeof(string).GetProperty("Chars");

        // To retrieve an instance property, the GetValue method
        // requires the object whose property is being accessed, and 
        // an array of objects representing the index values. 

        // Get the seventh character in the test string. 
        // Note that the index is zero-based.
        object[] indexArgs = { 6 };
        object value = pinfo.GetValue(test, indexArgs);
        outputBlock.Text += 
            String.Format("The character at index 6 is \"{0}\".\n", value);

        // Show the complete string, one character at a time.
        for(int i = 0; i < test.Length; i++)
        {
            outputBlock.Text += pinfo.GetValue(test, new object[] { i });
        }
        outputBlock.Text += "\n";
    }
}

/* This example produces the following output:

The character at index 6 is "g".
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
 */