How do I use reflection to determine the nested type (element type) of an array?
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Paul Hollingsworth almost 2 years
I have an instance of System.Type, for which "IsArray" returns true.
How can I determine the "nested type" of the array type?
i.e.
Type GetArrayType(Type t) { if(t.IsArray) { // What to put here? } throw new Exception("Type is not an array"); } Assert.That(GetArrayType(typeof(string[])), Iz.EqualTo(typeof(string)); Assert.That(GetArrayType(typeof(Foo[])), Iz.EqualTo(typeof(Foo));