C# Getting Type out of a string variable and using it in generic method

Question

I want to be able to get the actual Type of a string value I receive by some means (i.e from database) so I can use that Type in generic method like DoSomething

Answer 1

You can use a dictionary which holds all your types with strings keys:

var d = new Dictionary(); 
d.Add("Car",typeof(Car)); 
d.Add("Plane",typeof(Plane)); 

Then if you get the string "Car" from the database you can get the type like this:

var myType = d["Car"]; 

Then use myType as the real Type.