Get type from generic type fullname

Question

I would like to get type from generic type fullname like that :

var myType = Type.GetType(\"MyProject.MyGenericType`1[[MyProject.MySimpleType, MyProject, Ver         


        

Answer 1

The easiest way is to try "reverse engineering".

When you call eg.

typeof(List)

you get

System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Int32]

You can then use this as a template, so calling

Type.GetType("System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Int32]")

will give you proper type.

Number after ` is the number of generic arguments, which are then listed in []using comma as a separator.

EDIT: If you take a look at FullName of any type, you will see how to handle types while also specifying assembly. That will require wrapping the type in extra [], so the end result would be

Type.GetType("System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib]], mscorlib")

Of course, you can specify also the version, culture and public key token, if you need that.