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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Reflection.Emit;

public class MainClass
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Type listType = typeof(List<>);
        Console.WriteLine("List<>: {0}, {1}",listType.IsGenericType, listType.ContainsGenericParameters);
        Type listIntType = typeof(List<int>);
        Console.WriteLine("List<int>: {0}, {1}",listIntType.IsGenericType, listIntType.ContainsGenericParameters);
    }
}

List<>: True, True
List: True, False




19.1.Type
19.1.1.Reflection
19.1.2.type identity
19.1.3.Commonly used methods defined by Type:
19.1.4.A second form of GetMethods() lets you specify various flags that filter the methods that are retrieved.
19.1.5.Obtain type information using the Type.GetType method(Case sensitive, return null if not found).
19.1.6.Obtain type information using the Type.GetType method(Case sensitive, throw TypeLoadException if not found)
19.1.7.Obtain type information using the Type.GetType method(Case insensitive, throw TypeLoadException if not found)
19.1.8.Obtain type information using the Object.GetType method
19.1.9.Is object a type
19.1.10.Get BaseType, Name, FullName and Namespace for a type
19.1.11.Type: FullName, BaseType, IsAbstract, IsCOMObject, IsSealed, IsClass
19.1.12.Get the Type representation: object
19.1.13.Obtain the handles: object
19.1.14.Get all methods from a Type
19.1.15.Open and constructed generic types
19.1.16.Getting generic type definition information
19.1.17.Dynamically constructing types
19.1.18.Create StringBuilder
19.1.19.Get Type with typeof
19.1.20.Cast And OfType
19.1.21.Get/set property using invoke member
19.1.22.Retrieve a type by passing a ProgID, specifying whether to throw an exception if the ProgID is invalid.
19.1.23.Get an array of nested type objects in MyClass
19.1.24.Get the type associated with the CLSID and specify whether to throw an exception if an error occurs while loading the type.