A C# method that recursively flattens a type into a list of basic properties

FlattenType.cs

public static IEnumerable<PropertyInfo> FlattenType(Type type)
{
    var properties = type.GetProperties();
    foreach (PropertyInfo info in properties)
    {
        if (info.PropertyType.Assembly.GetName().Name == "mscorlib")
        {
            yield return info;
        }
        else
        {
            foreach (var childInfo in FlattenType(info.PropertyType))
            {
                yield return childInfo;
            }
        }
    }
}