Determine if object derives from collection type

Question

I want to determine if a generic object type (\"T\") method type parameter is a collection type. I would typically be sending T through as a Generic.List but it could be any co

Answer 1

I came across the same issue while attempting to serialize any object to JSON format. Here is what I ended up using:

Type typ = value.GetType();

// Check for array type
if(typeof(IEnumerable).IsAssignableFrom(typ) || typeof(IEnumerable<>).IsAssignableFrom(typ))
{ 
    List