How to exclude static property when using GetProperties method

Question

I was wonder if I can exclude static property when I'm using GetProperties() to extract all the property for a specific class. I'm aware of using BindingFlags for this to filter properties what I need but what I really want is that I want to exclude static properties. I try to use something like this:

typeof(<class>).GetProperties(!BindingFlags.Static);

but I don't think it works, because VS throw me some syntax error. Here is what inside my class with properties.

public class HospitalUploadDtl : Base.Tables
        {
            public HospitalUploadDtl() { }
            public HospitalUploadDtl(SqlDataReader reader)
            {
                ReadReader(reader);
            }
            #region Properties
            public long BatchDtlId { get; set; }
            public long BatchNumber { get; set; }
            public string HospitalCode { get; set; }
            public string HospitalName { get; set; }
            public string Address { get; set; }
            public string City { get; set; }
            public string Country { get; set; }
            public string ContractPerson { get; set; }
            public string ContactNo { get; set; }
            public string Email { get; set; }
            public bool isAccredited { get; set; }
            public bool isClinic { get; set; }
            public string FaxNo { get; set; }
            public string TypeofFacility { get; set; }
            public string Category { get; set; }
            public string Specialty { get; set; }
            public string ProviderName { get; set; }
            public bool CashlessInPatient { get; set; }
            public bool CashlessOutPatient { get; set; }
            #endregion

            public static dcHospitalUploadDtl dataCtrl;
            public static dcHospitalUploadDtl DataCtrl
            {
                get
                {
                    if (dataCtrl == null)
                        dataCtrl = new dcHospitalUploadDtl();
                    return dataCtrl;
                }
            }
        }

for this scenario I want to exclude "DataCtrl" property when I call for GetProperties(). Thanks for the response. :)

Answer 1

I think you're looking for BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public (if you only include Instance, no properties will be found since neither Public nor NonPublic are specified).

Answer 2

The call

typeof(<class>).GetProperties(!BindingFlags.Static);

does not do what you expect: the value passed in to GetProperties is a bit mask, not an expression. Only bitwise ORs are allowed inside the expression. In other words, you cannot say things that you don't want: you must say which things you do want. So instead of passing !BindingFlags.Static you should pass BindingFlags.Instance.

Alternatively, you can get all properties, and then apply LINQ with its rich filtering semantic to remove the items you don't need:

typeof(<class>).GetProperties().Where(p => !p.GetGetMethod().IsStatic).ToArray();

Answer 3

You should use the BindingFlags.Instance flag.

typeof(HospitalUploadDtl).GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);