Get user-friendly name for generic type in C#

Question

Is there an easy way without writing a recursive method which will give a \'user friendly\' name for a generic type from the Type class?

E.g. For the fo

Answer 1

Reflection - Getting the generic parameters from a System.Type instance

You can also use reflection on generic types:

var dict = new Dictionary();

    Type type = dict.GetType();
    Console.WriteLine("Type arguments:");
    foreach (Type arg in type.GetGenericArguments())
    {
        Console.WriteLine("  {0}", arg);
    }

You can then put it into some extension method for object and use it anywhere you need. I would also like to add that every recursion can be written as imperative code.

So the whole code will look like:

 static void GetGenericParametersNames(Type type)
        {
            Queue typeQueue = new Queue();
            typeQueue.Enqueue(type);
            while (typeQueue.Any())
            {
                var t = typeQueue.Dequeue();
                Console.WriteLine("  {0}", arg);

                foreach (Type arg in t.GetGenericArguments())
                {
                    typeQueue.Enqueue(t);
                }
            }
        }