Loyc.MemoizedTypeName Class Reference

.NET Framework reflection doesn't offer complete type names for generic types such as "List<int>" (the Type.Name value of that class is "List`1"). Get fills in the gap, and also saves the computed name for fast repeated lookups. More...

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Source file:

• /Core/Loyc.Essentials/Utilities/MemoizedTypeName.cs

Remarks

.NET Framework reflection doesn't offer complete type names for generic types such as "List<int>" (the Type.Name value of that class is "List`1"). Get fills in the gap, and also saves the computed name for fast repeated lookups.

Static Public Member Functions
static string	Get (Type type)
	Computes a short language-agnostic name for a type, including generic parameters, e.g. GenericName(typeof(int)) is "Int32"; GenericName(typeof(Dictionary<int, string>)) is "Dictionary&lt;Int32, String>". More...
static string	NameWithGenericParams (this Type t)
	Extension method on Type that is an alias for the Get method. More...

Member Function Documentation

static string Loyc.MemoizedTypeName.Get ( Type  type )

inlinestatic

Computes a short language-agnostic name for a type, including generic parameters, e.g. GenericName(typeof(int)) is "Int32"; GenericName(typeof(Dictionary<int, string>)) is "Dictionary&lt;Int32, String>".

Parameters

type	Type whose name you want

Returns

Name with generic parameters, as explained in the summary.

The result is memoized for generic types, so that the name is computed only once.

Referenced by Loyc.MemoizedTypeName.NameWithGenericParams().

static string Loyc.MemoizedTypeName.NameWithGenericParams ( this Type  t )

inlinestatic

Extension method on Type that is an alias for the Get method.

References Loyc.MemoizedTypeName.Get().