Generic with reflection type

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How to use reflection to call generic Method?

My actual code looks like this:

Myclass component = go.GetComponent<Myclass>();

I would like to make it more dynamic using reflections, so I tried the following

Type component = Type.GetType("Myclass");
object componentInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(component);
componentInstance = go.GetComponent<component>();

For the last line I get the following error

The type or namespace name 'component' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Is there way to make this work?

Did you post the exact code you have? If yes - then class `component` is not referenced — alex.b, Sep 19 '12 at 13:48
For this to work, you need to invoke the method dynamically as well, constructing it with generic parameters first. — J. Steen, Sep 19 '12 at 13:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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Check this post:

How to dynamically create generic C# object using reflection?

Shows exactly what you need.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Sep 19 '12 at 13:50

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Except any mention at all of `MakeGenericMethod`. – J. Steen Sep 19 '12 at 13:52

Generic with reflection type

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