What is the difference between myCustomer.GetType() and typeof(Customer) in C#?

Question

I\'ve seen both done in some code I\'m maintaining, but don\'t know the difference. Is there one?

let me add that myCustomer is an instance of Customer

Answer 1

GetType() is used to find the actual type of a object reference at run-time. This can be different from the type of the variable that references the object, because of inheritance. typeof() creates a Type literal that is of the exact type specified and is determined at compile-time.