Instantiating a generic class where type argument comes from a string

Question

First I have to reference Jon Skeet's answer to a similar question

https://stackoverflow.com/a/266282/1184296

In his answer he wrote this

Type genericClass = typeof(Generic<>);

What I don't understand here is how to get Generic<> to show up.

I tried adding usings with all the namespaces under System but no luck. Nothing shows up in IntelliSense and Generic<> stays underlined in red stating "The type or namespace 'Generic' could not be found...".

Does anyone knows how to solve this?

Thanks.

You're missing the fact that he defined the `Generic` class himself in that same piece of code — ThaMe90, Sep 18 '13 at 12:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 18 '13 at 12:24

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If you look at the code in the Post, John Skeet has created a custom class..

public class Generic<T>
{
    public Generic()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("T={0}", typeof(T));
    }
}

So, you could do the same, you might need John Skeets permission to take that code though? :)

answered Sep 18 '13 at 12:24

Christian Phillips

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Give it a different name, and change the Constructor slightly, and nobody will notice... – ThaMe90 Sep 18 '13 at 12:26
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Hahaha, I can't believe how obvious thing I missed. That should do it :) – dizarter Sep 18 '13 at 12:31

Instantiating a generic class where type argument comes from a string

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