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Yet another gotcha: readonly values can be changed by "devious" code via reflection.

var fi = this.GetType()
             .BaseType
             .GetField("_someField", 
                       BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
fi.SetValue(this, 1);

[Can I change a private readonly inherited field in C# using reflection?][1] [1]: httphttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401458/can-i-change-a-private-readonly-inherited-field-in-c-using-reflection/1401499#1401499

Yet another gotcha: readonly values can be changed by "devious" code via reflection.

var fi = this.GetType()
             .BaseType
             .GetField("_someField", 
                       BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
fi.SetValue(this, 1);

[Can I change a private readonly inherited field in C# using reflection?][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401458/can-i-change-a-private-readonly-inherited-field-in-c-using-reflection/1401499#1401499

Yet another gotcha: readonly values can be changed by "devious" code via reflection.

var fi = this.GetType()
             .BaseType
             .GetField("_someField", 
                       BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
fi.SetValue(this, 1);

[Can I change a private readonly inherited field in C# using reflection?][1] [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401458/can-i-change-a-private-readonly-inherited-field-in-c-using-reflection/1401499#1401499

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edited Mar 27, 2015 at 8:33

Kjartan

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Yet another gotcha: readonly values can be changed by "devious" code via reflection.

var fi = this.GetType()
             .BaseType
             .GetField("_someField", 
                       BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
fi.SetValue(this, 1);

[Can I change a private readonly inherited field in C# using reflection?][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401458/can-i-change-a-private-readonly-inherited-field-in-c-using-reflection/1401499#1401499

Yet another gotcha: readonly values can be changed by "devious" code via reflection.

var fi = this.GetType().BaseType.GetField("_someField", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
fi.SetValue(this, 1);

[Can I change a private readonly inherited field in C# using reflection?][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401458/can-i-change-a-private-readonly-inherited-field-in-c-using-reflection/1401499#1401499

Yet another gotcha: readonly values can be changed by "devious" code via reflection.

var fi = this.GetType()
             .BaseType
             .GetField("_someField", 
                       BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
fi.SetValue(this, 1);

[Can I change a private readonly inherited field in C# using reflection?][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401458/can-i-change-a-private-readonly-inherited-field-in-c-using-reflection/1401499#1401499

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created Oct 13, 2009 at 2:26

Greg

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Yet another gotcha: readonly values can be changed by "devious" code via reflection.

var fi = this.GetType().BaseType.GetField("_someField", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
fi.SetValue(this, 1);

[Can I change a private readonly inherited field in C# using reflection?][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401458/can-i-change-a-private-readonly-inherited-field-in-c-using-reflection/1401499#1401499

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