Cast to generic type in C#

Question

I have a Dictionary to map a certain type to a certain generic object for that type. For example:

typeof(LoginMessage) maps to MessageProcessor

        

Answer 1

I had a similar problem. I have a class;

Action

which has a property of type T.

How do I get the property when I don't know T? I can't cast to Action<> unless I know T.

SOLUTION:

Implement a non-generic interface;

public interface IGetGenericTypeInstance
{
    object GenericTypeInstance();
}

Now I can cast the object to IGetGenericTypeInstance and GenericTypeInstance will return the property as type object.