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

Personally, I like method overloading:

public static class Extensions { 
  public static String Blank(this String me) {      
    return String.Empty;
  }
  public static T Blank(this T me) {      
    var tot = typeof(T);
    return tot.IsValueType
      ? default(T)
      : (T)Activator.CreateInstance(tot)
      ;
  }
}
class Program {
  static void Main(string[] args) {
    Object o = null;
    String s = null;
    int i = 6;
    Console.WriteLine(o.Blank()); //"System.Object"
    Console.WriteLine(s.Blank()); //""
    Console.WriteLine(i.Blank()); //"0"
    Console.ReadKey();
  }
}