LINQ – Get members on type (not base types)

The more I use LINQ the more I love the power it brings to my code.  Whenever I find my self looking at a enumerable type or method I’m curious how I can query the information.

Case in point.  I needed to find only the properties on a type that are declared in that type, not in any of the base types. This simple LINQ snippet delivered the solution.

Type t = typeof(System.String);
var q2 = from prop
         in t.GetProperties()
         where prop.DeclaringType == t
         orderby prop.Name
         select prop;

' In Visual Basic
Dim t As Type = GetType(System.String)
Dim q2 = From prop In t.GetProperties() _
                 Where prop.DeclaringType Is t _
                 Order By prop.Name _
                 Select prop