Question

I have a Generic class like that :

public class Repository<T> {...} 

And I need to instance that with a string … Example :

string _sample = 'TypeRepository'; var _rep = new Repository<sample>(); 

How can I do that? Is that even possible?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here is my 2 cents:

Type genericType = typeof(Repository<>); Type[] typeArgs = { Type.GetType('TypeRepository') }; Type repositoryType = genericType.MakeGenericType(typeArgs);  object repository = Activator.CreateInstance(repositoryType); 

Answering the question in comment.

MethodInfo genericMethod = repositoryType.GetMethod('GetMeSomething'); MethidInfo closedMethod = genericMethod.MakeGenericMethod(typeof(Something)); closedMethod.Invoke(repository, new[] { 'Query String' });