Will GetType() return the most derived type when called from the base class?

Question

Will GetType() return the most derived type when called from the base class?

Example:

public abstract class A
{
    private Type GetInfo()
    {
             


        

Answer 1

GetType always returns the type that was actually instantiated. i.e. the most derived type. This means your GetSubType behaves just like GetType itself and thus is unnecessary.

To statically get the type information of some type you can use typeof(MyClass).

Your code has a mistake though: System.Attribute.GetCustomAttributes returns Attribute[] not Type.