Question

Type.GetType('System.String') 

Is there a lookup for the aliases available somewhere?

Type.GetType('string') 

returns null.

Answer 1

This is not possible programmatically, since the ‘aliases’ are in fact keywords introduced in C#, and Type.GetType (like every other framework method) is part of the language-independent framework.

You could create a dictionary with the following values:

    bool      System.Boolean     byte      System.Byte     sbyte     System.SByte     char      System.Char     decimal   System.Decimal     double    System.Double     float     System.Single     int       System.Int32     uint      System.UInt32     long      System.Int64     ulong     System.UInt64     object    System.Object     short     System.Int16     ushort    System.UInt16     string    System.String