Reputation: 21245
I am trying to get the values from objects inside a list which is part of a main object.
I have the main object which contains various properties which can be collections.
Right now I am trying to figure out how to access a generic list which is contained in the object.
///<summary>
///Code for the inner class
///</summary>
public class TheClass
{
public TheClass();
string TheValue { get; set; }
} //Note this class is used for serialization so it won't compile as-is
///<summary>
///Code for the main class
///</summary>
public class MainClass
{
public MainClass();
public List<TheClass> TheList { get; set; }
public string SomeOtherProperty { get; set; }
public Class SomeOtherClass { get; set }
}
public List<MainClass> CompareTheValue(List<object> MyObjects, string ValueToCompare)
{
//I have the object deserialised as a list
var ObjectsToReturn = new List<MainClass>();
foreach(var mObject in MyObjects)
{
//Gets the properties
PropertyInfo piTheList = mObject.GetType().GetProperty("TheList");
object oTheList = piTheList.GetValue(MyObject, null);
//Now that I have the list object I extract the inner class
//and get the value of the property I want
PropertyInfo piTheValue = oTheList.PropertyType
.GetGenericArguments()[0]
.GetProperty("TheValue");
//get the TheValue out of the TheList and compare it for equality with
//ValueToCompare
//if it matches then add to a list to be returned
//Eventually I will write a Linq query to go through the list to do the comparison.
ObjectsToReturn.Add(objectsToReturn);
}
return ObjectsToReturn;
}
I've tried to use a SetValue()
with MyObject on this, but it errors out with (paraphrased):
object is not of type
private bool isCollection(PropertyInfo p)
{
try
{
var t = p.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition();
return typeof(Collection<>).IsAssignableFrom(t) ||
typeof(Collection).IsAssignableFrom(t);
}
catch
{
return false;
}
}
}
Upvotes: 27
Views: 67616
Reputation: 152491
To Get/Set using reflection you need an instance. To loop through the items in the list try this:
PropertyInfo piTheList = MyObject.GetType().GetProperty("TheList"); //Gets the properties
IList oTheList = piTheList.GetValue(MyObject, null) as IList;
//Now that I have the list object I extract the inner class and get the value of the property I want
PropertyInfo piTheValue = piTheList.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments()[0].GetProperty("TheValue");
foreach (var listItem in oTheList)
{
object theValue = piTheValue.GetValue(listItem, null);
piTheValue.SetValue(listItem,"new",null); // <-- set to an appropriate value
}
Upvotes: 37
Reputation: 21312
See if something like this helps you in the right direction: I got the same error a while back and this code snipped solved my issue.
PropertyInfo[] properties = MyClass.GetType().GetProperties();
foreach (PropertyInfo property in properties)
{
if (property.Name == "MyProperty")
{
object value = results.GetType().GetProperty(property.Name).GetValue(MyClass, null);
if (value != null)
{
//assign the value
}
}
}
Upvotes: 6