how to get type of nested class with Type.GetType(string)

Question

I can create a new class with a fully qualified name like Namespace.OuterClass.NestedClass. But attempting to get the type with Type.GetType(\"Namespace.

Answer 1

String values for C# fully qualified names use + between classes. Get the type by string with Type.GetType("Namespace.OuterClass+NestedClass").

MSDN documentation for Type.GetType(string) gives a syntax table for various types (generic types, arguments, unmanaged pointers, etc.) including "parent class and a nested class".

Adding these lines to the question's sample code:

string typeName1 = typeof(Sample.Program.Vegetable).FullName;
string typeName2 = typeof(Vegetable).FullName;

will prove the string type name equal to Sample.Program+Vegetable

ECMA-335 Partition IV's associated CLILibrary.xml provides the definitive details for this convention. The Type.GetType(string) syntax table in ECMA-335 is identical to that used in the MSDN documentation.