How to determine if a type implements a specific generic interface type

By using the answer from TcKs it can also be done with the following LINQ query:

bool isBar = foo.GetType().GetInterfaces().Any(x =>
  x.IsGenericType &&
  x.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IBar<>));

You have to go up through the inheritance tree and find all the interfaces for each class in the tree, and compare typeof(IBar<>) with the result of calling Type.GetGenericTypeDefinition if the interface is generic. It's all a bit painful, certainly.

See this answer and these ones for more info and code.

public interface IFoo<T> : IBar<T> {}
public class Foo : IFoo<Foo> {}

var implementedInterfaces = typeof( Foo ).GetInterfaces();
foreach( var interfaceType in implementedInterfaces ) {
    if ( false == interfaceType.IsGeneric ) { continue; }
    var genericType = interfaceType.GetGenericTypeDefinition();
    if ( genericType == typeof( IFoo<> ) ) {
        // do something !
        break;
    }
}

You have to check against a constructed type of the generic interface.

You will have to do something like this:

foo is IBar<String>

because IBar<String> represents that constructed type. The reason you have to do this is because if T is undefined in your check, the compiler doesn't know if you mean IBar<Int32> or IBar<SomethingElse>.

First of all public class Foo : IFoo<T> {} does not compile because you need to specify a class instead of T, but assuming you do something like public class Foo : IFoo<SomeClass> {}

then if you do

Foo f = new Foo();
IBar<SomeClass> b = f as IBar<SomeClass>;

if(b != null)  //derives from IBar<>
    Blabla();

Try the following extension.

public static bool Implements(this Type @this, Type @interface)
{
    if (@this == null || @interface == null) return false;
    return @interface.GenericTypeArguments.Length>0
        ? @interface.IsAssignableFrom(@this)
        : @this.GetInterfaces().Any(c => c.Name == @interface.Name);
}

To test it. create

public interface IFoo { }
public interface IFoo<T> : IFoo { }
public interface IFoo<T, M> : IFoo<T> { }
public class Foo : IFoo { }
public class Foo<T> : IFoo { }
public class Foo<T, M> : IFoo<T> { }
public class FooInt : IFoo<int> { }
public class FooStringInt : IFoo<string, int> { }
public class Foo2 : Foo { }

and the test method

public void Test()
{
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(Foo).Implements(typeof(IFoo)));
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(FooInt).Implements(typeof(IFoo)));
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(FooInt).Implements(typeof(IFoo<>)));
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(FooInt).Implements(typeof(IFoo<int>)));
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(FooInt).Implements(typeof(IFoo<string>)));
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(FooInt).Implements(typeof(IFoo<,>)));
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(FooStringInt).Implements(typeof(IFoo<,>)));
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(FooStringInt).Implements(typeof(IFoo<string,int>)));
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(Foo<int,string>).Implements(typeof(IFoo<string>)));
 }

var genericType = typeof(ITest<>);
Console.WriteLine(typeof(Test).GetInterfaces().Any(x => x.GetGenericTypeDefinition().Equals(genericType))); // prints: "True"

interface ITest<T> { };

class Test : ITest<string> { }

This worked for me.