Determine if a reflected type can be cast to another reflected type

Question

In .net (C#), If you have two types discovered through reflection is it possible to determine if one can be cast to the other? (implicit and/or explicit).

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Answer 1

To directly answer your question ...

If you have two types discovered through reflection is it possible to determine if one can be cast to the other? (implicit and/or explicit)

... you can use something similar to this :

to.GetType().IsAssignableFrom(from.GetType());

The Type.IsAssignableFrom() method can be used for exactly your purpose. This would also be considerably less verbose (even if only marginally more performant) than using TypeConverters.