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Using reflection in .Net, what is the differnce between:
if (foo.IsAssignableFrom(typeof(IBar))) And
if (foo.GetInterface(typeof(IBar).FullName) != null) Which is more appropriate, why?
When could one or the other fail?
If you just want to see if a type implements a given interface, either is fine, though GetInterface() is probably faster since IsAssignableFrom() does more internal checks than GetInterface(). It’ll probably even faster to check the results of Type.GetInterfaces() which returns the same internal list that both of the other methods use anyway.