.NET Reflection and an array

I开发者_运维百科'm trying to get the value of a property that is a single dimensional array via reflection

I tried something like this: (try catches removed for clarity)

string[] fieldOrder;
PropertyInfo fieldOrderColumn;

fieldOrderColumn = targetType.GetProperty("OrderArray");

if (fieldOrderColumn == null)
    throw new Exception(targetType.Name + " the OrderArray is null ");

fieldOrder = (string[])fieldOrderColumn.GetValue(targetType, null);  //what should I use insted of this?

Clearly the last line is wrong, and is trying to get a non array object, I assumed a quick google and I'd be on my way, but I'm unable to find it. I don't know the lenght of the array at run time.

Any hints or links or help would be greatly appreciated.

You need to pass an instance of the type into GetValue. If it is a static property, pass null. Currently you are passing the type. I would expect to see (roughly):

Type targetType = obj.GetType();
...[snip]
fieldOrder = (string[])fieldOrderColumn.GetValue(obj, null);

Note that if you aren't sure of the type of array, you can just use Array (instead of string[]), or for single-dimension arrays IList may be useful (and will handle arrays, lists etc):

IList list = (IList)fieldOrderColumn.GetValue(obj, null);