How do I reflect over the members of dynamic object?

c# dynamic reflection
Flatliner DOA picture Flatliner DOA · Apr 14, 2010 · Viewed 105k times · Source

I need to get a dictionary of properties and their values from an object declared with the dynamic keyword in .NET 4? It seems using reflection for this will not work.

Example:

dynamic s = new ExpandoObject();
s.Path = "/Home";
s.Name = "Home";

// How do I enumerate the Path and Name properties and get their values?
IDictionary<string, object> propertyValues = ???

Answer

itowlson picture itowlson · Apr 14, 2010

In the case of ExpandoObject, the ExpandoObject class actually implements IDictionary<string, object> for its properties, so the solution is as trivial as casting:

IDictionary<string, object> propertyValues = (IDictionary<string, object>)s;

Note that this will not work for general dynamic objects. In these cases you will need to drop down to the DLR via IDynamicMetaObjectProvider.

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