Question

I want to create a generic list – but I want to specify the type at runtime – is there a way I can do this? using reflection perhaps?

Something like this…

Public Shared Sub create(ByVal t As Type) 

  Dim myList As New Generic.List(Of t)

End Sub

Thanks in advance

James

Answer 1

If callers know the type, you can make the method itself generic:

Public Shared Sub create(Of t)() 
    Dim myList As New Generic.List(Of t)
End Sub

If callers do not know the type, you’ll have to resort to reflection – see the accepted answer to this question for more information.