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copied!<p>Hmm. I thought <code>GetFields</code> gets you members from all the way up the chain, and you had to explicitly specifiy <code>BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly</code> if you <em>didn't</em> want inherited members. So I did a quick test, and I was right.</p> <p>Then I noticed something:</p> <blockquote> <p>I would like to update all <strong>properties</strong> from MyObject to another using Reflection. The problem I am coming into is that the particular object is inherited from a base class and those base class <strong>property</strong> values are not updated.</p> <p>The below code copies over top level property values.</p> <pre><code>public void Update(MyObject o) { MyObject copyObject = ... FieldInfo[] myObjectFields = o.GetType().GetFields( BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance); </code></pre> </blockquote> <p>This will get only <strong>fields</strong> (including private fields <em>on this type</em>), but not <strong>properties</strong>. So if you have this hierarchy (please excuse the names!):</p> <pre><code>class L0 { public int f0; private int _p0; public int p0 { get { return _p0; } set { _p0 = value; } } } class L1 : L0 { public int f1; private int _p1; public int p1 { get { return _p1; } set { _p1 = value; } } } class L2 : L1 { public int f2; private int _p2; public int p2 { get { return _p2; } set { _p2 = value; } } } </code></pre> <p>then a <code>.GetFields</code> on <code>L2</code> with the <code>BindingFlags</code> you specify will get <code>f0</code>, <code>f1</code>, <code>f2</code>, and <code>_p2</code>, but NOT <code>p0</code> or <code>p1</code> (which are properties, not fields) OR <code>_p0</code> or <code>_p1</code> (which are private to the base classes and hence an objects of type <code>L2</code> <em>does not have</em> those fields.</p> <p>If you want to copy properties, try doing what you're doing, but using <code>.GetProperties</code> instead.</p>

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