How do I call a static property of a generic class with reflection?

Question

I have a class (that I cannot modify) that simplifies to this:

public class Foo {
    public static string MyProperty {
         get {return \"Metho         


        

Answer 1

You need something like this:

typeof(Foo<string>)
    .GetProperty("MyProperty")
    .GetGetMethod()
    .Invoke(null, new object[0]);

Answer 2

The method is static, so you don't need an instance of an object. You could directly invoke it:

public class Foo<T>
{
    public static string MyMethod()
    {
        return "Method: " + typeof(T).ToString();
    }
}

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Type myType = typeof(string);
        var fooType = typeof(Foo<>).MakeGenericType(myType);
        var myMethod = fooType.GetMethod("MyMethod", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public);
        var result = (string)myMethod.Invoke(null, null);
        Console.WriteLine(result);
    }
}

Answer 3

typeof(Foo<>)
    .MakeGenericType(typeof(string))
    .GetProperty("MyProperty")
    .GetValue(null, null);

Answer 4

Well, you don't need an instance to call a static method:

Type myGenericClass = typeof(Foo<>).MakeGenericType( 
    new Type[] { typeof(string) }
);

Is OK... then, simply:

var property = myGenericClass.GetProperty("MyProperty").GetGetMethod().Invoke(null, new object[0]);

should do it.