FieldInfo.IsFamily Property
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Gets a value that indicates whether the visibility of this field is described by FieldAttributes.Family; that is, the field is visible only within its class and derived classes.
Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property IsFamily As Boolean
public bool IsFamily { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.Boolean
true if access to this field is exactly described by FieldAttributes.Family; otherwise, false.
Exceptions
Exception | Condition |
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MethodAccessException | This member is invoked late-bound through mechanisms such as Type.InvokeMember. |
Remarks
The visibility of a field is exactly described by FieldAttributes.Family if the only visibility modifier is protected. This property is false for fields that are protected internal in C# (Protected Friend in Visual Basic, protected public in C++); use the IsFamilyOrAssembly property to identify such fields.
Examples
The following example defines fields with varying levels of visibility, and displays the values of their IsAssembly, IsFamily, IsFamilyOrAssembly, and IsFamilyAndAssembly properties.
Note: |
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The Visual Basic and C# languages cannot define fields with FieldAttributes.FamANDAssem visibility. |
To run this example, see Building Examples That Use a Demo Method and a TextBlock Control.
Imports System.Reflection
Public Class Example
Public f_Public As Integer
Friend f_Friend As Integer
Protected f_Protected As Integer
Protected Friend f_Protected_Friend As Integer
Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
outputBlock.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Courier New")
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(vbCrLf & _
"{0,-30}{1,-18}{2}", "", "IsAssembly", "IsFamilyOrAssembly") & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("{0,-21}{1,-18}{2,-18}{3}" & vbCrLf, _
"", "IsPublic", "IsFamily", "IsFamilyAndAssembly") & vbCrLf
For Each f As FieldInfo In GetType(Example).GetFields( _
BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.Public)
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("{0,-21}{1,-9}{2,-9}{3,-9}{4,-9}{5,-9}", _
f.Name, _
f.IsPublic, _
f.IsAssembly, _
f.IsFamily, _
f.IsFamilyOrAssembly, _
f.IsFamilyAndAssembly _
) & vbCrLf
Next
End Sub
End Class
' This code example produces output similar to the following:
'
' IsAssembly IsFamilyOrAssembly
' IsPublic IsFamily IsFamilyAndAssembly
'
'f_Public True False False False False
'f_Friend False True False False False
'f_Protected False False True False False
'f_Protected_Friend False False False True False
using System;
using System.Reflection;
public class Example
{
public int f_public;
internal int f_internal;
protected int f_protected;
protected internal int f_protected_public;
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
outputBlock.FontFamily = new System.Windows.Media.FontFamily("Courier New");
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("\n{0,-30}{1,-18}{2}", "", "IsAssembly", "IsFamilyOrAssembly") + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,-21}{1,-18}{2,-18}{3}\n",
"", "IsPublic", "IsFamily", "IsFamilyAndAssembly") + "\n";
foreach (FieldInfo f in typeof(Example).GetFields(
BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public))
{
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,-21}{1,-9}{2,-9}{3,-9}{4,-9}{5,-9}",
f.Name,
f.IsPublic,
f.IsAssembly,
f.IsFamily,
f.IsFamilyOrAssembly,
f.IsFamilyAndAssembly
) + "\n";
}
}
}
/* This code example produces output similar to the following:
IsAssembly IsFamilyOrAssembly
IsPublic IsFamily IsFamilyAndAssembly
f_public True False False False False
f_internal False True False False False
f_protected False False True False False
f_protected_public False False False True False
*/
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.