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vb.netlinqreflection
Dave
Dave

Reputation: 7359

Reflection/Linq: Find class inside another in vb.net

I have the next class in my code:

Public Class MyClass
    Public Class MyDictionary 
        Public Shared Property something As String = "xxxxx"
        ...
    End Class

    Public Property dbId As Integer 
    Public Property dbDescription As String
    Public Property Activate As Boolean
    ...


End Class

What I am trying to do is to look for propertyInfo of MyDictionary class using Linq.

I tried to use 

Dim propertyInfo = typeDest.GetProperty("MyDictionary", BindingFlags.IgnoreCase Or BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.Instance)

But is returning me Nothing.

Is it possible to do?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 99

Answers (1)

Enigmativity
Enigmativity

Reputation: 117084

MyDictionary isn't a property. It's a class. You can't find it with GetProperty.

You'd have to do something like this:

Dim myDictionaryType As Type = _
    GetType([MyClass]) _
        .Assembly _
        .GetTypes() _
        .Where(Function(x) x.FullName.StartsWith(GetType([MyClass]).FullName)) _
        .Where(Function(x) x.Name = "MyDictionary")
        .FirstOrDefault()

Upvotes: 1

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