Underlying object Type of an empty Array

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Hej,

assuming I have a code that looks like this:

List<User> userList = GetUserByName (u => u.Name == name);
DoSomethingWithTheUsers (userList.ToArray ());

Now I want to know the type of the objects in the Array in the method DoSomethingWithTheUsers (object[] myObjects)

Simply done by myObjects.First ().GetType () but what is to be done if the array is empty? Is there a possibility to still get the Type?

Barry Kelly · Accepted Answer · 2008-11-24 09:57:17Z

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The array type will be an array of User, i.e. User[]. Why not just use Type.GetElementType() on the GetType() of the array? I.e. using your example:

myObjects.GetType().GetElementType()

answered Nov 24, 2008 at 9:57

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Bluenuance · Accepted Answer · 2008-11-24 09:59:22Z

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Thats what I would expect but I what I want is: User I need to save the FullName of the type for later, and I wondered if there is a better way, then removing the [] by string replace (or something like that)

answered Nov 24, 2008 at 9:59

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