source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Common/3.3/TypeExtensions.cs @ 3405

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace HeuristicLab.Common {
  public static class TypeExtensions {
    public static string GetPrettyName(this Type x) {
      return x.GetPrettyName(false);
    }
    public static string GetPrettyName(this Type x, bool includeNamespace) {
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
      if ((includeNamespace) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x.Namespace))
        sb.Append(x.Namespace).Append(".");
      sb.Append(x.Name);
      if (x.IsGenericType) {
        Type[] genericParams = x.GetGenericArguments();
        sb.Remove(sb.ToString().LastIndexOf('`'), genericParams.Length.ToString().Length + 1);
        sb.Append("<");
        for (int i = 0; i < genericParams.Length; i++) {
          if (i > 0) sb.Append(", ");
          sb.Append(genericParams[i].GetPrettyName(includeNamespace));
        }
        sb.Append(">");
      }
      return sb.ToString();
    }
  }
}