I need to call a template function, something like:
void myFunc<T>();
I have the template type as string and I want to call the function using the type I have as string. For example if i want to call it for the Exception type, instead of calling:
myFunc<Exception>()
i need to do it like:
string type = "Exception";
myFunc<type>();
(i need to parse an object from json string, and i'm getting the type of the object as a string)
Is there a way to do something like this.
Thanks
The generic type has to be known at compile type in order to call a generic method the classical way.
So without reflection, you need to implicitly specify the type myFunc<string>().
However, using reflection you can specify the type at run-time. Consider the below sample:
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string xyz = "abc";
BindingFlags methodflags = BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public;
MethodInfo mi = typeof(Program).GetMethod("MyFunc", methodflags);
mi.MakeGenericMethod(xyz.GetType()).Invoke(null, null);
}
public static void MyFunc<T>()
{
Console.WriteLine(typeof(T).FullName);
}
}
MyFunc prints System.String
