How to get the lowercase name of an object, even when null, in C# [duplicate]

Answer 1

// Uses the compiler's type inference mechanisms for generics to find out the type
// 'self' was declared with in the current scope.
static public Type GetDeclaredType(TSelf self)
{
    return typeof(TSelf);
}

void Main()
{
    // ...

    Foo bar;
    bar = null;

    Type myType = GetDeclaredType(bar);
    Console.Write(myType.Name);
}

Prints:

Foo

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