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How can I get generic Type from a string representation?

I have MyClass<T>.

And then I have this string s = "MyClass<AnotherClass>";
How. How can I get Type from the string s s?

One way (ugly) is to parse out the "<" and ">" and do:

Type acType = Type.GetType("AnotherClass"); Type whatIwant = typeof (MyClass<>).MakeGenericType(acType);

But is there a cleaner way to get the final type without any parsing, etc.  ? Thanks.

How can I get generic Type from string representation

I have MyClass<T>.

And then I have this string s = "MyClass<AnotherClass>";
How can I get Type from the string s ?

One way (ugly) is to parse out the "<" and ">" and do:

Type acType = Type.GetType("AnotherClass"); Type whatIwant = typeof (MyClass<>).MakeGenericType(acType);

But is there a cleaner way to get the final type without any parsing etc.  ? Thanks.

How can I get generic Type from a string representation?

I have MyClass<T>.

And then I have this string s = "MyClass<AnotherClass>";. How can I get Type from the string s?

One way (ugly) is to parse out the "<" and ">" and do:

Type acType = Type.GetType("AnotherClass"); Type whatIwant = typeof (MyClass<>).MakeGenericType(acType);

But is there a cleaner way to get the final type without any parsing, etc.?

this question is generic specific. having that in title helps.
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C# How can I get generic Type from a string representation

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I have MyClassMyClass<T>.

And then I have this string s = "MyClass";string s = "MyClass<AnotherClass>";
How can I get Type from the string s ?

One way (ugly) is to parse out the "<" and ">" and do:
Type acType = Type.GetType("AnotherClass");
Type whatIwant = typeof (MyClass<>).MakeGenericType(acType);

Type acType = Type.GetType("AnotherClass"); Type whatIwant = typeof (MyClass<>).MakeGenericType(acType);

But is there a cleaner way to get the final type without any parsing etc. ? Thanks.

I have MyClass.

And then I have this string s = "MyClass";
How can I get Type from the string s ?

One way (ugly) is to parse out the "<" and ">" and do:
Type acType = Type.GetType("AnotherClass");
Type whatIwant = typeof (MyClass<>).MakeGenericType(acType);

But is there a cleaner way to get the final type without any parsing etc. ? Thanks.

I have MyClass<T>.

And then I have this string s = "MyClass<AnotherClass>";
How can I get Type from the string s ?

One way (ugly) is to parse out the "<" and ">" and do:

Type acType = Type.GetType("AnotherClass"); Type whatIwant = typeof (MyClass<>).MakeGenericType(acType);

But is there a cleaner way to get the final type without any parsing etc. ? Thanks.

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