Determine if object derives from collection type

Question

I want to determine if a generic object type (\"T\") method type parameter is a collection type. I would typically be sending T through as a Generic.List but it could be any co

Answer 1

You can use Type.GetInterface() with the mangled name.

private bool IsTAnEnumerable(T x)
{
    return null != typeof(T).GetInterface("IEnumerable`1");
}