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Michael Hilus
Michael Hilus

Reputation: 1828

.NET Framework: Get Type from TypeInfo

The new reflection API introduces the TypeInfo class:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.reflection.typeinfo

I can get a TypeInfo instance of a Type (say, a Car) by writing

TypeInfo typeInfo = typeof(Car).GetTypeInfo();

Now, what if I just have a TypeInfo instance? How do I get the Type it's referring to? Can I just write

Type type = typeInfo.GetType();

Or will this return a type that is equal to typeof(TypeInfo)?

Upvotes: 15

Views: 9374

Answers (1)

Jon Skeet
Jon Skeet

Reputation: 1500385

If you call typeInfo.GetType(), you will indeed get the execution-time type of the object that typeInfo refers to - so some concrete type derived from TypeInfo.

You want TypeInfo.AsType():

Returns the current type as a Type object.

So your code would be:

Type type = typeInfo.AsType();

Or, as noted in comments, something I'd never noticed: TypeInfo derives from Type! So just use:

Type type = typeInfo;

Upvotes: 29

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