how to create a list of type obtained from reflection

Question

I have a code which looks like this :

Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(\"ReflectionTest.dll\");
Type myType = assembly.GetType(@\"ReflectionTest.TestObject\         


        

Answer 1

var listType = typeof(List<>).MakeGenericType(myType)
var list = Activator.CreateInstance(listType);

var addMethod = listType.GetMethod("Add");
addMethod.Invoke(list, new object[] { x });

You might be able to cast to IList and call Add directly instead of looking up the method with reflection:

var list = (IList)Activator.CreateInstance(listType);
list.Add(x);