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Miroslav
Miroslav

Reputation: 4695

C# detect nullable reference type from generic argument of method's return type using reflection

I have this simple interface in .net-6/C#9 with nullable reference types turned on:

public interface IMyInterface
{
    Task<MyModel?> GetMyModel();
}

How do I detect by reflection that the generic argument MyModel of method's return type is in fact declared as nullable reference type MyModel? ?

What i tried...

typeof(IMyInterface).GetMethods()[0].ReturnType...??

I tried using NullabilityInfoContext but the Create method accepts PropertyInfo, ParameterInfo, FieldInfo, EventInfo which does not really help here or I can't figure out how.

The solution from here also accepts only PropertyInfo, FieldInfo and EventInfo

I also tried observing the attributes from method.ReturnType.GenericTypeArguments[0] but there is no difference between methods that return Task<MyModel> and Task<MyModel?>

custom attributes

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1345

Answers (1)

Guru Stron
Guru Stron

Reputation: 141960

Use MethodInfo.ReturnParameter for NullabilityInfoContext:

Type type = typeof(IMyInterface);
var methodInfo = type.GetMethod(nameof(IMyInterface.GetMyModel));

NullabilityInfoContext context = new();
var nullabilityInfo = context.Create(methodInfo.ReturnParameter); // return type
var genericTypeArguments = nullabilityInfo.GenericTypeArguments;
var myModelNullabilityInfo = genericTypeArguments.First(); // nullability info for generic argument of Task
Console.WriteLine(myModelNullabilityInfo.ReadState);    // Nullable
Console.WriteLine(myModelNullabilityInfo.WriteState);   // Nullable

To analyze nullable attributes methodInfo.ReturnTypeCustomAttributes.GetCustomAttributes(true) can be used.

Upvotes: 6

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