How do I access the underlying type of a proxied type in entity framework 4.1

Question

I have a dynamic proxy obtained via

var boo = context.Set<Boo>().Find(1)

how can I know the fact that boo is actually a proxy of Boo?

from debug console, I found out that the proxy kept this info in its local variable boo._entityWraper.IdentityType

but i don't know how to access it.

Any help will be highly appreciated~

Answer is [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25770369/get-underlying-entity-object-from-entity-framework-proxy/25774651#25774651). — Gert Arnold, Sep 17 '14 at 13:40

Alexander Christov · Answer 1 · 2012-06-02T13:05:36.900

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"boo" is of either of Boo type or of Boo's proxy type. Try getting boo's type or boo's base type if you have the second case.

edited Jun 02 '12 at 13:05

answered Jun 02 '12 at 12:42

Alexander Christov

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '12 at 18:37

Some example code to supplement @achristov's answer:

private Type GetTypeOf(object o)
{
    var type = o.GetType();
    if (!type.Namespace.Contains("MyProject"))
    {
        // o is probably a proxy
        type = type.BaseType;
    }
    return type;
}

How do I access the underlying type of a proxied type in entity framework 4.1

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