c# mvc get generic type using reflection

Question

Currently trying to find a way to get the type of a generically typed class and have been unable to find a way to do so. My current, working method looks as follows:

public class CategoryConfiguration : EntityTypeConfiguration<Category>
    {
        public CategoryConfiguration()
        {
            ToTable("Categories");
            Property(c => c.Name).IsRequired().HasMaxLength(50);
        }
    }

and I'd like to change this method to be something like:

public class CategoryConfiguration : EntityTypeConfiguration<T>
    {
        public CategoryConfiguration()
        {
            ToTable(/*get string representation of 'T' here and pluralize*/);
            Property(c => c.Name).IsRequired().HasMaxLength(50);
        }
    }

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

6

I think you can do:

ToTable(typeOf(T).Name);

And about pluralization please read this

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Dec 05 '16 at 17:41

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in C#6.0 you can use nameof(T) – AliBoronsi Dec 05 '16 at 17:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '16 at 17:57

If you would like to see a class name, use nameof(T). Or, if you would like to see different name bounding with T type, you can use an Attribute, Description for example (read here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/ru-ru/library/system.componentmodel.descriptionattribute(v=vs.110).aspx), and get value of it.

For example:

[Description("/*name, which you would like to see*/")]
public class Category
{
    /* your class realization */
}

And in CategoryConfiguration use

ToTable((typeof(T).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), true)
                  .First() as DescriptionAttribute)
                  .Description);

c# mvc get generic type using reflection

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