How to gettype list <String> in C #?

Question

Possible duplicate:
How to get generic type from string representation?

How can I get type "List<String>" in C # using Type.GetType() ?

I have already tried:

  Type.GetType("List<String>"); Type.GetType("System.Collections.Generic.List.String"); // Or [String] 

Please note that I cannot use typeof , since the value I get is a string.

Answer 1

You cannot get it from "List<String>" , but you can get it from Type.GetType :

 Type type = Type.GetType("System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]"); 

You are lucky in this case - both List<T> and string are in mscorlib, so we did not need to specify assemblies.

Parameter `1 defines the arity of the type: it has one type parameter. A bit in square brackets indicates type arguments.

Where do you get only List<String> ? Can you change your requirements? It will be easier than parsing a string, developing type parameters, searching for types in different namespaces and assemblies, etc. If you work in a limited context (for example, you only need to maintain a known set of types) it may be easiest to hard-code some details.

Answer 2

You can use typeof .

 typeof(List<String>) 

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See this question: C # How to get a type from a string representation

Answer 3

 System.Type type = typeof(List<String>); 

Answer 4

 typeof(List<string>)