Get PropertyInfo of Nullable property

Question

Hello,

first of all, I'm using .NET Framework 3.5.

I have a class with a public nullable property (DateTime?). I need to have a PropertyInfo of this property, but I am getting null when calling this code:

PropertyInfo pi = typeof([MyClassName]).GetProperty([NullablePropertyName]);

I can see in watch when debugging that the real type is System.Reflection.RuntimePropertyInfo. But when I try to assign it to variable of object type, I have still null.

Q: How can I get the PropertyInfo of nullable property? I have list of properties and I call GetValue/SetValue later in my code.

Answer 1

Hi,

I am wonderig a little about that. I just did a quick test with a Windows Forms application in which I tried to get the same behaviour. So I simply added.
public DateTime? NullablePropertyName { get; set; }
and inside a button event I did:
Type t = typeof (Form1);
PropertyInfo pi = t.GetProperty("NullablePropertyName");

And I got a PropertyInfo back (System.Nullable`1[System.DateTime]) - as expected.

Maybe you can give your real code? Did you misspelled the property name?

WIth kind regards,

Konrad

Answer 2

Hello Konrad,

you were right, I really misspelled the property name (and spent about 2 hours to find answer to my question).

Thank you very much for your time.