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Class FieldInfo

Namespace
System.Reflection
Assembly
mscorlib.dll

Discovers the attributes of a field and provides access to field metadata.

public abstract class FieldInfo : MemberInfo
Inheritance
FieldInfo
Inherited Members
Extension Methods

Remarks

Available only in mscorlib build with support for System.Reflection.

Constructors

FieldInfo() 

protected FieldInfo()

Properties

FieldType

Gets the type of this field object.

public abstract Type FieldType { get; }

Property Value

Type

The type of this field object.

MemberType

Gets a MemberTypes value indicating that this member is a field.

public override MemberTypes MemberType { get; }

Property Value

MemberTypes

A MemberTypes value indicating that this member is a field.

Methods

GetCustomAttributes(bool)

When overridden in a derived class, returns an array of all custom attributes applied to this member.

public override object[] GetCustomAttributes(bool inherit)

Parameters

inherit bool

true to search this member's inheritance chain to find the attributes; otherwise, false. This parameter is ignored for properties and events.

Returns

object[]

An array that contains all the custom attributes applied to this member, or an array with zero elements if no attributes are defined.

Remarks

This method ignores the inherit parameter for properties and events.

GetValue(object)

When overridden in a derived class, returns the value of a field supported by a given object.

public abstract object GetValue(object obj)

Parameters

obj object

The object whose field value will be returned.

Returns

object

An object containing the value of the field reflected by this instance.

SetValue(object, object)

Sets the value of the field supported by the given object.

public virtual void SetValue(object obj, object value)

Parameters

obj object

The object whose field value will be set.

value object

The value to assign to the field.