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

This is how i did it

internal static Type GetElementType(this Type type)
{
        //use type.GenericTypeArguments if exist 
        if (type.GenericTypeArguments.Any())
         return type.GenericTypeArguments.First();

         return type.GetRuntimeProperty("Item").PropertyType);
}

Then call it like this

var item = Activator.CreateInstance(iListType.GetElementType());

OR

var item = Activator.CreateInstance(Bar.GetType().GetElementType());