.NET : How do you get the Type of a null object?

Question

I have a method with an out parameter that tries to do a type conversion. Basically:

public void GetParameterValue(out object destination)
{
    object param         


        

Answer 1

It's possible if you don't mind declaring your method as a generic. Try this.

class Program
{
    public static void GetParameterValue(out T destination)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("typeof(T)=" + typeof(T).Name);
        destination = default(T);
    }
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string s;
        GetParameterValue(out s);
        int i;
        GetParameterValue(out i);
    }
}