How to get the type of T from a member of a generic class or method?

Question

Let say I have a generic member in a class or method, so:

public class Foo
{
    public List Bar { get; set; }

    public void Baz()
    {         


        

Answer 1

With the following extension method you can get away without reflection:

public static Type GetListType(this List _)
{
    return typeof(T);
}

Or more general:

public static Type GetEnumeratedType(this IEnumerable _)
{
    return typeof(T);
}

Usage:

List        list    = new List { "a", "b", "c" };
IEnumerable strings = list;
IEnumerable