Comparing the run-time type of a generic type

Question

I want to get all the ObjectSet's that start with, say, the word "Foo". I've written the code below but it does not step into the if construct.

foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(context))
            {
                if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(ObjectSet<>))
                {
                   // It doesn't step here even though 
                   // prop.PropertyType is an ObjectSet`1...

Please help.

Answer 1

I suspect prop.PropertyType is actually ObjectSet<X> for some X . You probably want something like:

if (prop.PropertyType.IsGenericType &&
    prop.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(ObjectSet<>))