Check if an object is a delegate

Question

In .NET, Is there a way to check whether an object is of a delegate type?

I need this because I\'m logging the parameters of method calls, and I want to print

Answer 1

Sure, same as with any other type:

if (foo is Delegate)

Or for a type:

if (typeof(Delegate).IsAssignableFrom(t))

Answer 2

Yes. Check to see if the type inherits from System.Delegate. Here's a working sample with some simple testing thrown in to make sure we have a proper delegate object:

using System;

public class MyClass
{
    delegate void DelegateType();
    public static void Main()
    {
        DelegateType obj = method;
        obj.Method.Invoke(null, null);

        if (obj is System.Delegate)
            Console.WriteLine("Type is a delegate");
        else        
            Console.WriteLine("Type is NOT a delegate");
    }

    private static void method() {Console.WriteLine("Invoked");}
}

Answer 3

This works perfectly for me

class Test
    {
        public delegate void MyHandler(string x);

        public void RunTest()
        {
            var del = new MyHandler(Method);
            if (del is Delegate)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(@"del is a delegate.");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("del is not a delegate");
            }

        }

        private void Method(string myString)
        {
        }
    }

Answer 4

You can just check whether obj is Delegate.
All delegate types inherit the base Delegate class.