How do I know if the PropertyInfo is of ICollect<> type - Reflection and GenericType

Question

class Abc {
    public Mycollection<Person> Persons { get;set; }
}

class MyCollection<T> : ICollect<T> { ... }

I'm using reflection, getting the PropertyInfo of ABC.Persons.

I want to know if the PropertyInfo is of ICollect<> type - how do I do that?

Do you mean you want to know if the Property (Persons) is ICollect<> ? — Denny Ferrassoli, Oct 21 '11 at 00:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 09:59

This seems similar to: How To Detect If Type is Another Generic Type

public static bool IsAssignableToGenericType(Type givenType, Type genericType) {
var interfaceTypes = givenType.GetInterfaces();

foreach (var it in interfaceTypes)
    if (it.IsGenericType)
        if (it.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == genericType) return true;

Type baseType = givenType.BaseType;
if (baseType == null) return false;

return baseType.IsGenericType &&
    baseType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == genericType ||
    IsAssignableToGenericType(baseType, genericType);

}

How do I know if the PropertyInfo is of ICollect<> type - Reflection and GenericType

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