Best way to test if a generic type is a string? (C#)

Question

I have a generic class that should allow any type, primitive or otherwise. The only problem with this is using default(T). When you call default on a value type

Answer 1

You can use the TypeCode enumeration. Call the GetTypeCode method on classes that implement the IConvertible interface to obtain the type code for an instance of that class. IConvertible is implemented by Boolean, SByte, Byte, Int16, UInt16, Int32, UInt32, Int64, UInt64, Single, Double, Decimal, DateTime, Char, and String, so you can check for primitive types using this. More info on "Generic Type Checking".