[.net] How to loop through all the properties of a class?

I have a class.

Public Class Foo
    Private _Name As String
    Public Property Name() As String
        Get
            Return _Name
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Name = value
        End Set
    End Property

    Private _Age As String
    Public Property Age() As String
        Get
            Return _Age
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _Age = value
        End Set
    End Property

    Private _ContactNumber As String
    Public Property ContactNumber() As String
        Get
            Return _ContactNumber
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _ContactNumber = value
        End Set
    End Property


End Class

I want to loop through the properties of the above class. eg;

Public Sub DisplayAll(ByVal Someobject As Foo)
    For Each _Property As something In Someobject.Properties
        Console.WriteLine(_Property.Name & "=" & _Property.value)
    Next
End Sub

private void ResetAllProperties()
    {
        Type type = this.GetType();
        PropertyInfo[] properties = (from c in type.GetProperties()
                                     where c.Name.StartsWith("Doc")
                                     select c).ToArray();
        foreach (PropertyInfo item in properties)
        {
            if (item.PropertyType.FullName == "System.String")
                item.SetValue(this, "", null);
        }
    }

I used the code block above to reset all string properties in my web user control object which names are started with "Doc".

This is how I do it.

foreach (var fi in typeof(CustomRoles).GetFields())
{
    var propertyName = fi.Name;
}

Note that if the object you are talking about has a custom property model (such as DataRowView etc for DataTable), then you need to use TypeDescriptor; the good news is that this still works fine for regular classes (and can even be much quicker than reflection):

foreach(PropertyDescriptor prop in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(obj)) {
    Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", prop.Name, prop.GetValue(obj));
}

This also provides easy access to things like TypeConverter for formatting:

    string fmt = prop.Converter.ConvertToString(prop.GetValue(obj));

Reflection is pretty "heavy"

Perhaps try this solution:

C#

if (item is IEnumerable) {
    foreach (object o in item as IEnumerable) {
            //do function
    }
} else {
    foreach (System.Reflection.PropertyInfo p in obj.GetType().GetProperties())      {
        if (p.CanRead) {
            Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", p.Name, p.GetValue(obj,  null)); //possible function
        }
    }
}

VB.Net

  If TypeOf item Is IEnumerable Then

    For Each o As Object In TryCast(item, IEnumerable)
               'Do Function
     Next
  Else
    For Each p As System.Reflection.PropertyInfo In obj.GetType().GetProperties()
         If p.CanRead Then
               Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", p.Name, p.GetValue(obj, Nothing))  'possible function
          End If
      Next
  End If

Reflection slows down +/- 1000 x the speed of a method call, shown in The Performance of Everyday Things

Here's another way to do it, using a LINQ lambda:

C#:

SomeObject.GetType().GetProperties().ToList().ForEach(x => Console.WriteLine($"{x.Name} = {x.GetValue(SomeObject, null)}"));

VB.NET:

SomeObject.GetType.GetProperties.ToList.ForEach(Sub(x) Console.WriteLine($"{x.Name} = {x.GetValue(SomeObject, Nothing)}"))

VB version of C# given by Brannon:

Public Sub DisplayAll(ByVal Someobject As Foo)
    Dim _type As Type = Someobject.GetType()
    Dim properties() As PropertyInfo = _type.GetProperties()  'line 3
    For Each _property As PropertyInfo In properties
        Console.WriteLine("Name: " + _property.Name + ", Value: " + _property.GetValue(Someobject, Nothing))
    Next
End Sub

Using Binding flags in instead of line no.3

    Dim flags As BindingFlags = BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.Instance
    Dim properties() As PropertyInfo = _type.GetProperties(flags)