C# Source Code: Dumping the properties of an object into a string array (excluding indexers)
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Dumping the properties of an object into a string array (excluding indexers)
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Andrew Baker
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Thursday, August 05, 2004
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The routine below uses reflection to walk through all the properties of an object and returns the property names and values in a string array. Note, the routine ignores any indexers the object may expose. using System.Reflection; /// <summary> /// Uses reflection to walk through all the properties of the specified object and outputs /// the results in a string array, in the format: [property1Name=property1Value] /// </summary> /// <param name="Object">The object to return the properties of.</param> /// <returns>A 1d string array contain a name value pair (seperated by "=")</returns> /// <remarks>Doesn't return any indexer values</remarks> public static string[] ObjectDumpToArray(object Object) { // Get the type Type type = Object.GetType(); // Get the default property (the indexer) string[] propValues = null; MemberInfo[] indexerMembers = type.GetDefaultMembers(); if ( indexerMembers != null ) { // Remove the space for indexer values propValues = new string[type.GetProperties().Length - indexerMembers.Length]; } else { // Doesn't have an indexer propValues = new string[type.GetProperties().Length]; } int countValid = -1; // Walk through each property storing the name value pair foreach (PropertyInfo info in type.GetProperties()) { MethodInfo methodInfo = info.GetGetMethod(false); if (methodInfo != null) { if ( indexerMembers != null && indexerMembers.Length > 0) { // Check to make sure this is not the indexer if ( info.Name != indexerMembers[0].Name ) { // Store the name value pair countValid++; propValues[countValid] = info.Name + "=" + info.GetValue(Object, null); } } else { // Object doesn't have an indexer, store the name value pair countValid++; propValues[countValid] = info.Name + "=" + info.GetValue(Object, null); } } } // Return results return propValues; }
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