FieldInfo.IsFamilyOrAssembly Property

Definition

Gets a value indicating whether the potential visibility of this field is described by FamORAssem; that is, the field can be accessed by derived classes wherever they are, and by classes in the same assembly.

C#
public bool IsFamilyOrAssembly { get; }

Property Value

true if access to this field is exactly described by FamORAssem; otherwise, false.

Implements

Examples

The following code example defines fields with varying levels of visibility, and displays the values of their IsAssembly, IsFamily, IsFamilyOrAssembly, and IsFamilyAndAssembly properties.

C#
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;
    private protected int f_private_protected;

    public static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\n{0,-30}{1,-18}{2}", "", "IsAssembly", "IsFamilyOrAssembly");
        Console.WriteLine("{0,-21}{1,-18}{2,-18}{3}\n",
            "", "IsPublic", "IsFamily", "IsFamilyAndAssembly");

        foreach (FieldInfo f in typeof(Example).GetFields(
            BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0,-21}{1,-9}{2,-9}{3,-9}{4,-9}{5,-9}",
                f.Name,
                f.IsPublic,
                f.IsAssembly,
                f.IsFamily,
                f.IsFamilyOrAssembly,
                f.IsFamilyAndAssembly
            );
        }
    }
}

/* 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
f_private_protected  False    False    False    False    True
 */

Remarks

If a field has FamORAssem level visibility, it can be called from any member in a derived class or any member in the same assembly, but not from any other type.

The actual visibility of a field is limited by the visibility of its type. The IsFamilyOrAssembly property might be true for a field, but if it is a field of a private nested type then the field is not visible outside the containing type.

The visibility of a field is exactly described by FieldAttributes.FamORAssem if the visibility modifier is protected internal in C# (Protected Friend in Visual Basic, protected public in C++).

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also