Equivalent of default(T) using reflection

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C# - Programmatic equivalent of default(Type)

Is there a method or property in the Type class (or elsewhere) that I can use to find the value of default(T)?

Answer 1

Just check type.IsValueType; if that is true use Activator.CreateInstance(type) - otherwise it is null.

It also helps that you can pass null to SetValue on a PropertyInfo or FieldInfo and it will work for value-types with even for int, float etc.

Answer 2

object obj = type.IsValueType ? Activator.CreateInstance(type) : null;