Method GetTypeName

Source/Engine/Utilities/TypeUtils.cs:18–66

Gets the typename full name. The type. The full typename of the type.

(this Type type)

        /// <param name="type">The type.</param>
        /// <returns>The full typename of the type.</returns>
        public static string GetTypeName(this Type type)
        {
            if (type.IsGenericType && type.IsConstructedGenericType)
            {
                // For generic types (eg. Dictionary) FullName returns generic parameter types with fully qualified name so simplify it manually
                var sb = new StringBuilder();
                sb.Append(type.Namespace);
                sb.Append('.');
                var parent = type.DeclaringType;
                if (parent != null)
                {
                    // Find outer types in which this one is nested
                    var count = 0;
                    while (parent != null)
                    {
                        count++;
                        parent = parent.DeclaringType;
                    }
                    var path = new Type[count];
                    parent = type.DeclaringType;
                    count = 0;
                    while (parent != null)
                    {
                        path[count++] = parent;
                        parent = parent.DeclaringType;
                    }

                    // Insert type nesting into typename path (from the back to front)
                    for (int i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                    {
                        parent = path[i];
                        sb.Append(parent.Name);
                        sb.Append('+');
                    }
                }
                sb.Append(type.Name);
                sb.Append('[');
                var genericArgs = type.GetGenericArguments();
                for (var i = 0; i < genericArgs.Length; i++)
                {
                    if (i != 0)
                        sb.Append(',');
                    sb.Append(genericArgs[i].GetTypeName());
                }
                sb.Append(']');
                return sb.ToString();
            }
            return type.FullName;
        }
    }
}