{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/corefx/issues/3489","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/corefx/issues/3489/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/corefx/issues/3489/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/corefx/issues/3489/events","html_url":"https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/3489","id":108591213,"number":3489,"title":"using reflection to get value of static field fails:","user":{"login":"kennywangjin","id":3364218,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3364218?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin","html_url":"https://github.com/kennywangjin","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"nguerrera","id":75470,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/75470?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera","html_url":"https://github.com/nguerrera","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nguerrera/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-09-28T05:25:30Z","updated_at":"2015-09-30T01:12:42Z","closed_at":"2015-09-29T18:08:00Z","body":"while using reflection to get the value of static field:\r\n\r\nfieldInfo.GetValue(null)\r\n\r\nIt always fails because of the null parameter.\r\nProblem is that this field is static. In previous .net, it worked well, no instance was required for static memebers. Why has it different behavior now? Is it by design?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/corefx/issues/comments/144241355","html_url":"https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/3489#issuecomment-144241355","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/corefx/issues/3489","id":144241355,"user":{"login":"kennywangjin","id":3364218,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3364218?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin","html_url":"https://github.com/kennywangjin","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kennywangjin/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-30T01:12:42Z","updated_at":"2015-09-30T01:12:42Z","body":"@nguerrera Thanks. Got it!"}}