c# - Using GetProperties() with BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly in .NET Reflection

Question

If I use

sometype.GetProperties();

I get all of the properties from the type and it's parent. However I only want to retrieve the properties defined explicitly in this type (not the parents). I thought that was what the BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly option was for.

However, when I try this:

sometype.GetProperties(BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly);

I get 0 properties.

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

If you specify any BindingFlags, then you need to specify explicitly what properties you want to get. For example:

sometype.GetProperties (BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly | 
                        BindingFlags.Public | 
                        BindingFlags.Instance);