I'm attempting to call a static class method via reflection and get its return value as follows:
private SA GetData()
{
Type type = Type.GetType("SA010");
Object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(type);
MethodInfo methodInfo = type.GetMethod("GetSA");
return (SA)methodInfo.Invoke(obj, null);
}
Here's the class and method I'm calling:
public class SA010
{
public static SA GetSA()
{
//do stuff
return SA.
}
}
The problem is i receive a null reference exception on the 'type' variable. GetData() and SA010.GetSA() are in the same namespace.
Any ideas why i might get this error, something to do with it being static maybe?
Your main problem is you need to specify the full namespace of SA010 when using GetType.
Type type = Type.GetType("SomeNamespace.SA010");
However if you are not dynamicly generating the name a easier solution is use typeof
, this does not require you to entire the namespace in if the type is already within scope.
Type type = typeof(SA010);
2nd issue you will run in to once you fix the type, if a method is static you don't create a instance of it, you just pass null
in for the instance for the Invoke
call.
private SA GetData()
{
Type type = typeof(SA010);
MethodInfo methodInfo = type.GetMethod("GetSA");
return (SA)methodInfo.Invoke(null, null);
}
Try to use
Type type = typeof(SA010);
instead of
Type type = Type.GetType("SA010");
it worked for me