C# accessing a static property of type T in a generic class

Question

I am trying to accomplish the following scenario that the generic TestClassWrapper will be able to access static properties of classes it is made of (they will all derive fr

Answer 1

You can't, basically, at least not without reflection.

One option is to put a delegate in your constructor so that whoever creates an instance can specify how to get at it:

var wrapper = new TestClassWrapper<TestClass>(() => TestClass.x);

You could do it with reflection if necessary:

public class TestClassWrapper<T> where T : TestClass
{
    private static readonly FieldInfo field = typeof(T).GetField("x");

    public int test()
    {
        return (int) field.GetValue(null);
    }
}

(Add appropriate binding flags if necessary.)

This isn't great, but at least you only need to look up the field once...