PseudoBill <pseudobill2004@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid> wrote:
> Ahh - thanks!
>
> Is there an elegant way to retrieve just methods, without properties?
>
> Currently, I'm using:
> MethodInfo[] oMethods =
> asmType.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public|BindingFlags.Instance|BindingF
> lags.Static|BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly);
>
> Is there a binding flag or something to omit properties?

> Thanks Jon! That definitely works.
>
> I must say though, that this aspect of reflection is not well thought
> out by Microsoft. There should be some more intuitive way to filter
> out properties from methods. I know that you can get just properties
> easily (via GetProperties), but this non-intuitive way of getting
> methods minus properties sucks.

> Also, the fact that properties are returned as "get_X" when using
> "GetMethods" is just a terrible hack -

> there is no "get_X" available
> to anyone outside of the assembly - it's only internally regarded as
> "get_X".

> They should be returned using the same name that they are
> available to anyone coding to the assembly.

> "get_X". They should be returned using the same name that they are
> available to anyone coding to the assembly.

"PseudoBill" <pseudobill2004@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:410bb4a3_3@Usenet.com...
> Thanks Jon! That definitely works.
>
> I must say though, that this aspect of reflection is not well thought
> out by Microsoft. There should be some more intuitive way to filter
> out properties from methods. I know that you can get just properties
> easily (via GetProperties), but this non-intuitive way of getting
> methods minus properties sucks.
>
> Also, the fact that properties are returned as "get_X" when using
> "GetMethods" is just a terrible hack - there is no "get_X" available
> to anyone outside of the assembly - it's only internally regarded as
> "get_X". They should be returned using the same name that they are
> available to anyone coding to the assembly.
>

Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <skeet@pobox.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1b7564b65f7403ee98b045@msnews.microsoft.com>...
> PseudoBill <pseudobill2004@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid> wrote:
> > Ahh - thanks!
> >
> > Is there an elegant way to retrieve just methods, without properties?
> >
> > Currently, I'm using:
> > MethodInfo[] oMethods =
> > asmType.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public|BindingFlags.Instance|BindingF
> > lags.Static|BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly);
> >
> > Is there a binding flag or something to omit properties?
>
> I don't think there's a binding flag to do it, but from a MethodInfo
> you can use IsSpecialName which will detect properties and the like.