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Creating Type Instances by Using ConstructorInfo

Once you have a System.Type object instance, you can use it to create an instance of the type it represents. This can be done by querying for a ConstructorInfo object. The ConstructorInfo class is used to discover the attributes of a constructor, and it provides access to constructor metadata. Most importantly, a ConstructorInfo instance can be used to invoke a type's constructor.

Before we start invoking constructors, let's discuss how you can get a hold of one of these powerful objects. The Type class provides two methods for retrieving ConstructorInfos: GetConstructors and GetConstructor.

Using the GetConstructors Method

The GetConstructors method comes in two flavors. The easiest flavor to ...