How can I create an instance a type that inherits from generic, and statically cast it to its base type
foreach(Type t in x.ChildType.Assembly.GetTypes())
{
if (t.BaseType.IsGenericType)
{
if (t.BaseType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(ClassMapExt<>))
{
if (t.BaseType.GetGenericArguments()[0] == x.ChildType)
{
// t is BonusMap. BonusMap is declared as:
// class BonusMap : ClassMapExt<Bonus>
dynamic bz = Activator.CreateInstance(t);
// the last line is analogous to:
// var bz = new BonusMap();
// statically casting it doesn't work
// var bz = (ClassMapExt<>) Activator.CreateInstance(t);
foreach (IManyToOneMappingProvider imt1 in bz.ExtReference)