Check if Object is Dictionary or List

Question

Working with .NET 2 in mono, I\'m using a basic JSON library that returns nested string, object Dictionary and lists.

I\'m writing a mapper to map this

Answer 1

Use the is keyword and reflection.

public bool IsList(object o)
{
    if(o == null) return false;
    return o is IList &&
           o.GetType().IsGenericType &&
           o.GetType().GetGenericTypeDefinition().IsAssignableFrom(typeof(List<>));
}

public bool IsDictionary(object o)
{
    if(o == null) return false;
    return o is IDictionary &&
           o.GetType().IsGenericType &&
           o.GetType().GetGenericTypeDefinition().IsAssignableFrom(typeof(Dictionary<,>));
}