Win8 (WINRT) C# not allowing Generic Reflection using MakeGenericMethod

Question

Using Windows 2012 C# for Windows 8 (WinRT/Metro) I am having problems with the following:

public class HelperClass
{
    public static bool test()
    {
        return true;
    }
    public static bool test1<T>()
    {
        return true;
    }
    public void runTestMethod()
    {
        Type[] tt = new Type[]{};
        object[] param1 = new object[] {};
        MethodInfo method = typeof(HelperClass).GetRuntimeMethod("test", tt);
        //This works just fine
        object o = method.Invoke(null,param1)
    }
    public void runTestMethod1(PropertyInfo p)
    {
        Type[] tt = new Type[]{};
        object[] param1 = new object[] {};
        MethodInfo method = typeof(HelperClass).GetRuntimeMethod("test", tt);
        MethodInfo generic = method.MakeGenericMethod(p.GetType());
        //This breaks with the error below
        object o = generic.Invoke(null,param1)
    }
}

The API 'D20OGL.BusinessObjects.HelperClass.test[RuntimePropertyInfo]()' cannot be used on the current platform. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248273 for more information.

The code i'm writing heavily relies on reflection and generics. Anyone know a workaround to this???

Thanks!

Answer 1

You almost certainly meant

method.MakeGenericMethod(p.PropertyType);

or possibly

method.MakeGenericMethod(p.DeclaringType);

and not

method.MakeGenericMethod(p.GetType());