.NET Framework: Get Type from TypeInfo

Question

The new reflection API introduces the TypeInfo class:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.reflection.typeinfo

I can get a TypeInfo instance of a Type (say, a Car ) by writing

TypeInfo typeInfo = typeof(Car).GetTypeInfo();

Now, what if I just have a TypeInfo instance? How do I get the Type it's referring to? Can I just write

Type type = typeInfo.GetType();

Or will this return a type that is equal to typeof(TypeInfo) ?

Answer 1

If you call typeInfo.GetType() , you will indeed get the execution-time type of the object that typeInfo refers to - so some concrete type derived from TypeInfo .

You want TypeInfo.AsType() :

Returns the current type as a Type object.

So your code would be:

Type type = typeInfo.AsType();

Or, as noted in comments, something I'd never noticed: TypeInfo derives from Type ! So just use:

Type type = typeInfo;