How do I capture the type of Generic object in an ObservableCollection?

Question

I have a method that returns an ObservableCollection on any type say

ObservableCollection<Type1>
ObservableCollection<Type2>
ObservableCollection<Type3>

i want to be able to capture the Type (Type1, Type2, Type3) of that at run-time when that how do i do it?

what i mean at run time is the objects returned are different at runtime and i should be able to catpure the Type and execute an approprate function ( using switch case )

I suggest you edit the original question to answer Daniel's comment. Stecya's answer seems right, but the question is still ambiguous. Could you add a code sample showing what your function's return type is, and what type of data/variable you're trying to get from it? — Merlyn Morgan-Graham, Jun 21 '11 at 08:17
@Daniel @Merlyn what i mean at run time is the objects returned are different at runtime and i should be able to catpure the Type and execute an approprate function ( using switch case :) ) Stecya solved my problem :) — , Jun 21 '11 at 08:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '11 at 08:14

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use GetGenericArguments to get array of types

    ObservableCollection<Type1> sample = new ObservableCollection<Type1>();
    var types = sample.GetType().GetGenericArguments();

answered Jun 21 '11 at 08:14

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How do I capture the type of Generic object in an ObservableCollection?

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