How do I get the type name of a generic type argument?

Question

If I have a method signature like

public string myMethod( ... )

How can I, inside the method, get the name of the type that was g

Answer 1

Your code should work. typeof(T).FullName is perfectly valid. This is a fully compiling, functioning program:

using System;

class Program 
{
    public static string MyMethod<T>()
    {
        return typeof(T).FullName;
    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(MyMethod<int>());

        Console.ReadKey();
    }

}

Running the above prints (as expected):

System.Int32

Answer 2

Assuming you have some instance of a T available, it's no different than any other type.

var t = new T();

var name = t.GetType().FullName;

Answer 3

typeof(T).Name and typeof(T).FullName are working for me. I get the type passed as an argument.