c# - How to get all names of properties in an Entity?

Question

What I'm trying to do is to pass an entity object to method and return all the names of the properties in it.
I'm using this code to get all the props names :

return classObject.GetType().GetProperties();

The problem is that this code return "EntityKey" and "EntityState" as properties whe I use it with Entity Object.
Is there any way to do it ?

Thanx in advance

Answer 1

You want all direct properties, but not the properties of the base type, which in your case is EntityObject:

var type = classObject.GetType();
//alternatively call out directly: typeof(EntityObject).GetProperties()...
var basePropertyNames = type.BaseType.GetProperties().Select(x => x.Name);
var props = type.GetProperties().Where(p => !basePropertyNames.Contains(p.Name));

This sample assumes there is a base type (which is the case for DB first), refactor when that is not guaranteed.

Edit from @Matt's comment: All of the above is unnecessary, could slap my head for not thinking of this - just use the right binding flags:

return classObject.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly | 
                                           BindingFlags.Public | 
                                           BindingFlags.Instance);