C# - Reflection using Generics: Problem with Nested collections of ILists

Question

I would like to be able to print object properties, and I've hit a snag when I hit nested collections of the iLists.

foreach (PropertyInformation p in properties)
            {
                //Ensure IList type, then perform recursive call
                if (p.PropertyType.IsGenericType)
                {
                         //  recursive call to  PrintListProperties<p.type?>((IList)p,"       ");
                }

Can anyone please offer some help?

Cheers

KA

Answer 1

I'm just thinking aloud here. Maybe you can have a non generic PrintListProperties method that looks something like this:

private void PrintListProperties(IList list, Type type)
{
   //reflect over type and use that when enumerating the list
}

Then, when you come across a nested list, do something like this:

if (p.PropertyType.IsGenericType)
{
   PringListProperties((Ilist)p,p.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments()[0]);
}

Again, haven't tested this, but give it a whirl...