C# declaration of generic type

Question

Is it possible to get the \"c# name\" of a type obtained with reflexion like:

System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Cultur         


        

Answer 1

Not directly, but you can examine the type itself to figure it out.

public static string TypeName(Type t) {
    if (!t.IsGenericType) return t.Name;

    StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder();
    ret.Append(t.Name).Append("<");

    bool first = true;
    foreach(var arg in t.GetGenericArguments()) {
        if (!first) ret.Append(", ");
        first = false;

        ret.Append(TypeName(arg));
    }

    ret.Append(">");
    return ret.ToString();
}