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Serhat Ozgel
Serhat Ozgel

Reputation: 23766

Getting type arguments of generic interfaces that a class implements

I have a generic interface, say IGeneric. For a given type, I want to find the generic arguments which a class imlements via IGeneric.

It is more clear in this example:

Class MyClass : IGeneric<Employee>, IGeneric<Company>, IDontWantThis<EvilType> { ... }

Type t = typeof(MyClass);
Type[] typeArgs = GetTypeArgsOfInterfacesOf(t);

// At this point, typeArgs must be equal to { typeof(Employee), typeof(Company) }

What is the implementation of GetTypeArgsOfInterfacesOf(Type t)?

Note: It may be assumed that GetTypeArgsOfInterfacesOf method is written specifically for IGeneric.

Edit: Please note that I am specifically asking how to filter out IGeneric interface from all the interfaces that MyClass implements.

Related: Finding out if a type implements a generic interface

Upvotes: 40

Views: 23662

Answers (3)

chikak
chikak

Reputation: 1732

  Type t = typeof(MyClass);
            List<Type> Gtypes = new List<Type>();
            foreach (Type it in t.GetInterfaces())
            {
                if ( it.IsGenericType && it.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IGeneric<>))
                    Gtypes.AddRange(it.GetGenericArguments());
            }


 public class MyClass : IGeneric<Employee>, IGeneric<Company>, IDontWantThis<EvilType> { }

    public interface IGeneric<T>{}

    public interface IDontWantThis<T>{}

    public class Employee{ }

    public class Company{ }

    public class EvilType{ }

Upvotes: 3

Sam Harwell
Sam Harwell

Reputation: 99869

typeof(MyClass)
    .GetInterfaces()
    .Where(i => i.IsGenericType && i.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IGeneric<>))
    .SelectMany(i => i.GetGenericArguments())
    .ToArray();

Upvotes: 19

Marc Gravell
Marc Gravell

Reputation: 1062695

To limit it to just a specific flavor of generic interface you need to get the generic type definition and compare to the "open" interface (IGeneric<> - note no "T" specified):

List<Type> genTypes = new List<Type>();
foreach(Type intType in t.GetInterfaces()) {
    if(intType.IsGenericType && intType.GetGenericTypeDefinition()
        == typeof(IGeneric<>)) {
        genTypes.Add(intType.GetGenericArguments()[0]);
    }
}
// now look at genTypes

Or as LINQ query-syntax:

Type[] typeArgs = (
    from iType in typeof(MyClass).GetInterfaces()
    where iType.IsGenericType
      && iType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IGeneric<>)
    select iType.GetGenericArguments()[0]).ToArray();

Upvotes: 55

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