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FieldInfo.IsFamily

Indicates whether this field has Family level visibility.

[Visual Basic]
Public ReadOnly Property IsFamily As Boolean
[C#]
public bool IsFamily {get;}
[C++]
public: __property bool get_IsFamily();
[JScript]
public function get IsFamily() : Boolean;

Property Value

Read-only. true if the field has the Family attribute set; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Boolean property indicating if the field has the Family level visibility set. It can be called from any member in a derived class, but not from any other type.

To get the IsFamily property, first get the class Type. From the Type, get the FieldInfo. From the FieldInfo, get the IsFamily value.

The IsFamily property is set when the FieldAttributes.Family attribute is set.

Example [C#]

In the following example, two properties are created. The first property has a private string field and the second property has a protected string field, resulting in the IsFamily being set to true.

[C#]

//Make
two fields
public
class Myfielda
{
   private string field = "A private field";
   public string Field{
      get{return field;}
      set{if(field!=value){field=value;}}
   }
}
public
class Myfieldb
{
   protected string field = "B public field";
   public string Field{
      get{return field;}
      set{if(field!=value){field=value;}}
   }
}
 
public
class Myfieldinfo
{
   public static int Main()
   {
      Console.WriteLine("\nReflection.FieldInfo");
      Myfielda Myfielda = new Myfielda();
      Myfieldb Myfieldb = new Myfieldb();
 
      //Get the Type and FieldInfo
      Type MyTypea = Type.GetType("Myfielda");
      FieldInfo Myfieldinfoa = MyTypea.GetField("field",
         BindingFlags.NonPublic);
      Type MyTypeb = Type.GetType("Myfieldb");
      FieldInfo Myfieldinfob = MyTypeb.GetField("field",
         BindingFlags.NonPublic);
 
      //For the first field;
      //Get and Display the Name, field, and IsFamily
      Console.Write("\n{0} - ", MyTypea.FullName);
      Console.Write("{0} - ", Myfieldinfoa.GetValue(Myfielda));
      Console.Write("\n  IsFamily - {0}", Myfieldinfoa.IsFamily);
      Console.Write("\n  FieldAttributes - {0}",EnumInfo.ToString(
         typeof(FieldAttributes),Myfieldinfoa.Attributes));
 
      //For the second field;
      //Get and Display the Name, field, and IsFamily
      Console.Write("\n{0} - ", MyTypeb.FullName);
      Console.Write("{0} - ", Myfieldinfob.GetValue(Myfieldb));
      Console.Write("\n  IsFamily - {0}", Myfieldinfob.IsFamily);
      FieldAttributes Myfieldattributesb = Myfieldinfob.Attributes;
      Console.Write("\n  FieldAttributes - {0}", EnumInfo.ToString(
         typeof(FieldAttributes),Myfieldinfob.Attributes));
 
      return 0;
   }
}

This code produces the following output:

Reflection.FieldInfo

Myfielda- A private field-

IsFamily- False

FieldAttributes- Private

Myfieldb- B public field-

IsFamily- True

FieldAttributes- Family

See Also

FieldInfo Class | FieldInfo Members | System.Reflection Namespace | FieldAttributes