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Asked: 2026-05-16T14:02:13+00:00

I feel like this should be very possible. I have an interface, let’s call

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I feel like this should be very possible.

I have an interface, let’s call it IJerry. Now, I have a class in variable x. That class implements IJerry perfectly. The thing is, that class does not ever reference IJerry. It just happens to have a perfect, compliant signature with IJerry.

Make sense? Let’s say you create a class called MyClass that implements INotifyPropertyChanged. Then you delete the MyClass : INotifyPropertyChanged declaration from the class but you LEAVE the implementation inside the class.

Is there a way to determine if the class "implements" an interface even if it does not make an explicit reference to it?

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    Not easily.

    You would have to read the fields, method, and properties of the interface using reflection, and then check if the class has them (again using reflection)

    Alternately, if you are using C#4, you could just forget about IJerry, and put MyClass in a dynamic variable, and then you C# figure out at run-time for it has the methods being called.

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