GetProperty( ) method

Returns a Progress.Reflect.Property instance describing the class property that matches the specified conditions. If there is no matching property, the method returns the Unknown value (?).

Return type: Progress.Reflect.Property class

Access: PUBLIC

Applies to: Progress.Lang.Class class

Syntax

GetProperty ( INPUT property-name AS CHARACTER )

GetProperty ( INPUT property-name AS CHARACTER,
              INPUT flags AS Progress.Reflect.Flags )

property-name

A CHARACTER expression that evaluates to the name of the property.

flags

A Progress.Reflect.Flags instance indicating the access mode(s), scope(s), and/or class level(s) the returned property must have. See Progress.Reflect.Flags enumeration for more information.

Notes

• If there are one or more overrides of any particular property, the Progress.Reflect.Property instance describes the override from the most derived subclass that overrides that property. See GetMethod( ) method for an example of how overridden class members are handled.
• GetProperty(property-name) only returns public, non-static properties. GetProperty(property-name, flags) returns all ABL class properties based on the flags specified. However, you can only get or set properties according to the same rules as when reflection is not used. For example, you can only get or set a protected property from within the class that defines it, or from a subclass.
• This method does not return .NET class properties defined as private or internal.