FieldInfo Class

2013-01-16

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Discovers the attributes of a field and provides access to field metadata.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
System.Reflection. . :: . .MemberInfo
System.Reflection..::..FieldInfo

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public MustInherit Class FieldInfo _
    Inherits MemberInfo

[SerializableAttribute]
public abstract class FieldInfo : MemberInfo

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class FieldInfo abstract : public MemberInfo

[<AbstractClass>]
[<SerializableAttribute>]
type FieldInfo =  
    class
        inherit MemberInfo
    end

public abstract class FieldInfo extends MemberInfo

The FieldInfo type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	FieldInfo	Initializes a new instance of the FieldInfo class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	DeclaringType	Gets the class that declares this member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.)
	FieldType	Gets the type of this field object.
	MemberType	Gets a MemberTypes value indicating that this member is a field. (Overrides MemberInfo. . :: . .MemberType.)
	Name	Gets the name of the current member. (Inherited from MemberInfo.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetValue	When overridden in a derived class, returns the value of a field supported by a given object.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	SetValue	Sets the value of the field supported by the given object.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

The field information is obtained from metadata. The FieldInfo class does not have a public constructor. FieldInfo objects are obtained by calling either the GetFields or GetField method of a Type object.

Fields are variables defined in the class. FieldInfo provides access to the metadata for a field within a class and provides dynamic set and get functionality for the field. The class is not loaded into memory until invoke or get is called on the object.

Notes to Inheritors

When you inherit from FieldInfo, you must override the following members: GetValue and SetValue.

Thread Safety

This type is thread safe.

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