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How to list class properties that are classes too?

Asked by bemara57 in C# Programming Language, .NET Framework 3.x versions

I'm trying to list a class's properties in a drop down menu using reflection. It works great but if the class has another class as a property, that's where I'm having problems.

I'm binding to a drop down like this:
            foreach (PropertyInfo property in typeof(Product).GetProperties())
                ddlClassColumns.Items.Add(property.Name + " (" +
                        property.PropertyType.Name.ToLower() + ")", property.Name));

Which results in this using the classes below. Dropdown:
text: ProductID (string),    value: ProductID
text: Name (string),           value: Name
text: MetaData (MetaData),    value: MetaData

The last one is where I'm having trouble. What I'm trying to do is flatten it out to dot notation like this:

text: ProductID (string),    value: ProductID
text: Name (string),           value: Name
text: MetaData.Title (string),    value: MetaData.Title
text: MetaData.Keywords (string),    value: MetaData.Keywords
text: MetaData.Description (string),    value: MetaData.Description

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public class Product
    {
        private string _productID = String.Empty;
        public string ProductID
        {
            get { return _productID; }
            set { _productID = value; }
        }
 
        private string _name = String.Empty;
        public string Name
        {
            get { return _name; }
            set { _name = value; }
        }
 
        private MetaData _metaData = new MetaData();
        public MetaData MetaData
        {
            get { return _metaData; }
            set { _metaData = value; }
        }
    }
 
    public class MetaData
    {
        private string _title = String.Empty;
        public string Title
        {
            get { return _title; }
            set { _title = value; }
        }
 
        private string _keywords = String.Empty;
        public string Keywords
        {
            get { return _keywords; }
            set { _keywords = value; }
        }
 
        private string _description = String.Empty;
        public string Description
        {
            get { return _description; }
            set { _description = value; }
        }
    }
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