Introduction to Reflection
Reflection is a powerful feature of C# which allows the program to interact with types and objects runtime.
Reflection is not a specific kind of a syntax or a method which we use, instead, it is a set of methods and features which can be used to find out useful information of different types at the run time.
For-example, using Reflection, we can
- Get a list of all the public properties of a class;
- Get a list of all the public methods of a class;
- Indirectly invoke methods of an object;
- Dynamically create instances of a class;
- Get the parent class of any specific type;
The classes that enable us to perform reflection are provided in the System.Reflection
namespace. Therefore, we need to import System.Reflection
before using reflection in our programs:
One very common part of reflection we use in our programs is the GetType
method. This method returns the type of any object.
index.cs
12int a = 7; Console.WriteLine($"{a.GetType()}");
Output:
System.Int32
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Reflection is a powerful feature of C# which allows the program to interact with types and objects runtime.
Reflection is not a specific kind of a syntax or a method which we use, instead, it is a set of methods and features which can be used to find out useful information of different types at the run time.
For-example, using Reflection, we can
- Get a list of all the public properties of a class;
- Get a list of all the public methods of a class;
- Indirectly invoke methods of an object;
- Dynamically create instances of a class;
- Get the parent class of any specific type;
The classes that enable us to perform reflection are provided in the System.Reflection
namespace. Therefore, we need to import System.Reflection
before using reflection in our programs:
One very common part of reflection we use in our programs is the GetType
method. This method returns the type of any object.
index.cs
12int a = 7; Console.WriteLine($"{a.GetType()}");
Output:
System.Int32
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