How to pass a Class as parameter for a method? [duplicate]

Answer 1

 public void ClassGet(string Class, List<string> Methodlist)
        {
            Type ClassType;
            switch (Class)
            {
                case "Gold":
                    ClassType = typeof(Gold); break;//Declare the type by Class name string
                case "Coin":
                    ClassType = typeof(Coin); break;
                default:
                    ClassType = null;
                    break;
            }
            if (ClassType != null)
            {
                object Instance = Activator.CreateInstance(ClassType); //Create instance from the type

            }

        }

Answer 2

The function you're trying to implement already exists (a bit different)

Look at the Activator class: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.activator.aspx

example:

private static object CreateByTypeName(string typeName)
{
    // scan for the class type
    var type = (from assembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
                from t in assembly.GetTypes()
                where t.Name == typeName  // you could use the t.FullName aswel
                select t).FirstOrDefault();

    if (type == null)
        throw new InvalidOperationException("Type not found");

    return Activator.CreateInstance(type);
}

Usage:

var myClassInstance = CreateByTypeName("MyClass");

Answer 3

You could send it as a parameter of the type Type, but then you would need to use reflection to create an instance of it. You can use a generic parameter instead:

public void ClassGet<MyClassName>(string blabla) where MyClassName : new() {
  MyClassName NewInstance = new MyClassName();
}

Answer 4

Are you looking for type parameters?

Example:

    public void ClassGet<T>(string blabla) where T : new()
    {
        var myClass = new T();
        //Do something with blablah
    }