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^{[note: don't believe question duplicate of 1 linked above, explain in update below.]}

is there way define/instantiate generic class using reflection?

so have bunch of classes, each of owns instance of generic class shares type of owner:

public class genericclass<t> {     t owner { get; set; }     public genericclass(t owner) { owner = owner; } } public class myclass {     private genericclass<myclass> mygenericobject;     public myclass() { mygenericobject = new genericclass<myclass>(this); } } 

this works, of course have explicitly specify "myclass" argument in genericclass definition. i'd able this:

private genericclass<typeof(this)> mygenericobject; // error: invalid token 

is there anyway dynamically specify type of generic object @ compile time, based on containing class?

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update: after reading answers these questions, learned instantiate local variable so:

var mygenericobject = activator.createinstance(typeof(genericclass<>).makegenerictype(this.gettype())); 

but, of course, this keyword available inside method (so, example, put line of code in constructor of myclass). cannot use approach define instance variable (i.e., mygenericobject, in code above). there way specify generic instance variable dynamically?

regarding update, can pass type makegenerictype. example, following works:

var myobject = new myclass();  var mygenericobject = activator.createinstance(typeof(genericclass<>).makegenerictype(typeof(myclass)), myobject);  console.writeline(mygenericobject.gettype()); 

outputs:

consoleapplication1.genericclass`1[consoleapplication1.myclass] 

myobject.gettype() same thing:

var mygenericobject = activator.createinstance(typeof(genericclass<>).makegenerictype(myobject.gettype()), myobject);