Get inner type from string

Question

Imagine I have the following namespace:

namespace One.Two.Three {
    public static class ExampleClass{
        public .....
        public enum ExampleOne { one, two three }
        public enum ExampleTwo { four, five, six }
        public enum ExampleThree { random, text, this, is }

    }
}

How can I get the Type by a string?

With the help of Getting Type of Enum witnin class through C# reflection I have tried the following, but without any result:

public Type returnEnumType(String name){
    String nameSpace = (typeof(One.Two.Three.ExampleClass)).FullName;
    Type type = Type.GetType(nameSpace + name);

    return type
}

Type.GetType("One.Two.Three.ExampleClass.ExampleOne"); //neither works

What am I missing here?

@edit Not a duplicate. I am not trying to parse my enumerator, I am trying to get the type based on a String.

Not a duplicate, not trying to parse into an enumerator.. Just trying to get the type. — Revils, Dec 14 '15 at 12:13
you can easily get the full name using `typeof(ExampleClass.ExampleOne).FullName` — Sergii Zhevzhyk, Dec 14 '15 at 12:16
If i know the name of the enumerator in advance yes, but I do not.. — Revils, Dec 14 '15 at 12:18
I already know that, see my code. It is literally in there. That is not what I asked. — Revils, Dec 14 '15 at 12:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '15 at 12:13

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Try Type.GetType("One.Two.Three.ExampleClass+ExampleOne");

Reason: ExampleOne is an inner type, therefore you need to use the plus sign + instead of the dot.

answered Dec 14 '15 at 12:13

Daniel Hilgarth

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