How to iterate through all properties of a class

Reflection is an important capability of the .NET framework and enables you to get information about objects at runtime. In this article, we will iterate through all properties for a class named Person using reflection.

using System;
using System.Reflection;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Person person = new Person();
        person.Age = 27;
        person.Name = "Fernando Vezzali";

        Type type = typeof(Person);
        PropertyInfo[] properties = type.GetProperties();
        foreach (PropertyInfo property in properties)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", property.Name, property.GetValue(person, null));
        }

        Console.Read();
    }
}

The Person class extends System.Object and does not implement any interface. It is a simple class used to store information about a person:

class Person
{
    private int age;
    private string name;

    public int Age
    {
        get { return age; }
        set { age = value; }
    }

    public string Name
    {
        get { return name; }
        set { name = value; }
    }
}