Can I cast an object from type object to MyType<T> using reflection if I don’t know what T is until runtime?
Can I cast an object from type object to MyType<T> using reflection if I
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Can I cast an object from type object to MyType<T> using reflection if I don’t know what T is until runtime?
You can’t cast to a type unknown at compile time. Casting is really only useful as a compile-time construct, as you’d need to know the type in order to use it directly.
If your goal is to work with the object via Reflection, however, that’s a different scenario. In that case, you can use Type.MakeGenericType to create the correct type for your object.
This will allow you to use reflection to work upon your object.