how to get list of inner class inside a class and create instance

Question

I want to know how I can get a list of instances of all the inner classes I have in the class of FormStore. I am using .NET 4.5 and C#.

namespace test
{
    public class FormStore
    {


        public partial class child1 : Form
        {

        }

        public partial class child2 : Form
        {

        }

        public partial class child3 : Form
        {

        }

    }
}

What exactly you are trying to achieve here? You want to know what are all the classes defined under a specific class at runtime? Can you share some relevant details? You can start with exploring reflection. — Chetan, Mar 10 '18 at 11:20
Is this what you're asking for ? https://stackoverflow.com/a/5566476/4180382 — Ole EH Dufour, Mar 10 '18 at 11:20
Possible duplicate of [Is there a way to get a list of innerclasses in C#?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5566428/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-list-of-innerclasses-in-c) — Ofir Winegarten, Mar 10 '18 at 11:24
@OfirWinegarten: it could be but my problem was when it is extended from Form class how it should be managed. — Amir, Mar 10 '18 at 12:32
@ChetanRanpariya: I was looking for a way create an instance of my classes dynamically which Esperento57 answered. — Amir, Mar 10 '18 at 12:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 10 '18 at 12:50

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Use reflection, like this (more détails here):

 var ListNestedTypes = typeof(test.FormStore).GetTypeInfo().DeclaredNestedTypes;

 foreach (var item in ListNestedTypes)
 {
      string Nameclass = item.Name;
 }

edited Mar 10 '18 at 12:50

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answered Mar 10 '18 at 11:31

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Then assume I want to add those classes to a list
, how should I do it?
– Amir Mar 10 '18 at 12:19
This class are not instancied, it's only definition. List
is a list of instance of class (list of objects), its differents
– Esperento57 Mar 10 '18 at 12:22
So from the definition, how we can create an instance/object of them? – Amir Mar 10 '18 at 12:27
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look this : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11958825/c-sharp-creating-instance-of-class-and-set-properties-by-name-in-string – Esperento57 Mar 10 '18 at 12:29
tq so much. I got my answer. – Amir Mar 10 '18 at 12:30

how to get list of inner class inside a class and create instance

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