Get the type name

Question

How i can get full right name of generic type?

For example: This code

typeof(List).Name

return

Answer 1

You could use this:

public static string GetTypeName(Type t) {
  if (!t.IsGenericType) return t.Name;
  if (t.IsNested && t.DeclaringType.IsGenericType) throw new NotImplementedException();
  string txt = t.Name.Substring(0, t.Name.IndexOf('`')) + "<";
  int cnt = 0;
  foreach (Type arg in t.GetGenericArguments()) {
    if (cnt > 0) txt += ", ";
    txt += GetTypeName(arg);
    cnt++;
  }
  return txt + ">";
}

For example:

static void Main(string[] args) {
  var obj = new Dictionary, int>>();
  string s = GetTypeName(obj.GetType());
  Console.WriteLine(s);
  Console.ReadLine();
}

Output:

Dictionary, Int32>>