BindingFlags is used to declare how to fetch information from a type.

Common BindingFlags members:

1- Instance
2- Static
3- Public
4- NonPublic
5- IgnoreCase

There are many Methods available in a type to fetch Info:

1- GetConstructor
2- GetConstructors
3- GetField
4- GetFields
5- GetMethod
6- GetMethods
7- GetEvent
8- GetEvents
9- GetProperty
10- GetProperties


Example:

Imports System Imports System.IO
Imports System.Reflection

Class ListMembers
{
Public void Main()
{
' Specifies the class.
Dim t As Type = GetType(System.IO.BufferedStream);
Console.WriteLine("Listing all the members (public and non public) of the {0} type", t);
' Lists static fields first.
FieldInfo[] fi = t.GetFields((BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public));
Console.WriteLine("// Static Fields");
PrintMembers(fi);
' Static properties.
PropertyInfo[] pi = t.GetProperties((BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public));
Console.WriteLine("// Static Properties");
PrintMembers(pi);
' Static events.
EventInfo[] ei = t.GetEvents((BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public));
 Console.WriteLine("// Static Events");
PrintMembers(ei);
' Static methods.
MethodInfo[] mi = t.GetMethods((BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public));
 Console.WriteLine("// Static Methods");
PrintMembers(mi);

ConstructorInfo[] ci = t.GetConstructors(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public));
 Console.WriteLine("// Constructors");
PrintMembers(ci);

fi = t.GetFields((BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public));
 Console.WriteLine("// Instance Fields");
PrintMembers(fi);

pi = t.GetProperties((BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public));
 Console.WriteLine("// Instance Properties");
PrintMembers(pi);

 ei = t.GetEvents((BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public));
 Console.WriteLine("// Instance Events");
PrintMembers(ei);

mi = t.GetMethods((BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public));
Console.WriteLine("// Instance Methods");
PrintMembers(mi);
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.CrLf & "Press ENTER to exit.");
Console.Read();

}

Public void PrintMembers(MemberInfo[] ms)
{

MemberInfo m ;
foreach (m in ms)
Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}", " ", m);
 Console.WriteLine();

}
}


Design Patterns Used by Reflection classes

in Reflection there are some patterns we use to fetch and filter lists of Type

1- FindXXX()
2- GetXXX(<parameters>)
3- GetXXXs()
4- GetXXXs(<parameters>)