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Umbraco-CMS/src/Umbraco.ModelsBuilder/TypeExtensions.cs

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using System;
namespace Umbraco.ModelsBuilder
{
internal static class TypeExtensions
{
/// <summary>
/// Creates a generic instance of a generic type with the proper actual type of an object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="genericType">A generic type such as <c>Something{}</c></param>
/// <param name="typeParmObj">An object whose type is used as generic type param.</param>
/// <param name="ctorArgs">Arguments for the constructor.</param>
/// <returns>A generic instance of the generic type with the proper type.</returns>
/// <remarks>Usage... typeof (Something{}).CreateGenericInstance(object1, object2, object3) will return
/// a Something{Type1} if object1.GetType() is Type1.</remarks>
public static object CreateGenericInstance(this Type genericType, object typeParmObj, params object[] ctorArgs)
{
var type = genericType.MakeGenericType(typeParmObj.GetType());
return Activator.CreateInstance(type, ctorArgs);
}
}
}