使用反射从Property.GetValue返回对象列表

Question

I need to retrieve a list of objects when using the PropertyInfo.GetValue method. I do not know what type of list it will be. My code looks like this:

    public IEnumerable<Error> FindErrors(object obj)
    {
        var errors = new List<Error>();

        errors.AddRange(Validate(obj));


        List<PropertyInfo> properties = obj.GetType().GetProperties().Where(p => !p.PropertyType.IsByRef).ToList();


        foreach (var p in properties)
        {
            if (IsList(p))
            {
                // This line is incorrect?  What is the syntax to get this to be correcT?????
                List<object> objects = p.GetValue(obj, null);

                foreach (object o in objects)
                {
                    errors.AddRange(FindErrors(o));
                }
            }
            else
            {
                errors.AddRange(FindErrors(p.GetValue(obj, null)));
            }
        }


        return errors;
    }

My problem is I am not sure what the syntax should be to get that List because that line of code is currently incorrect. How can I get that list of objects?

Answer 1

It is not true that every List<T> is a List<object> . You should probably check whether the type implements the non-generic IList and use that instead:

var objects = p.GetValue(obj, null) as IList;
if(objects != null) {...}

You can foreach etc over an IList