C# Use a Type found via reflection as a generic [duplicate]

Question

I am attempting to use a Type as a generic. Essentially, I'm able to find a Type based off it's signature using reflection. I now need to do something like this:

Type theType = this.getMyType(mySignature);
string convertedData = mappingObj.mapIt<DataBase, theType>(myData);

However, I cannot use theType as a generic. Is there a way to do this?

EDIT: Following suggestion by Sohaib Jundi, I run into the following (the non simplified code is working with Automapper's Map method):

typeof(IMapper).GetMethod("Map")

That line yields this error:

'typeof(IMapper).GetMethod("Map")' threw an exception of type 'System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException'

The method I'm attempting to get with GetMethod is Map<TDestination, TSource>(TSource source), but I cannot determine the method signature to call to get that method. For reference, here is the link to automappers IMapper class, where the Map method lives.

AutoMapper IMapper

Answer 1

You can also use reflection to invoke the generic method. It would be something like this:

string convertedData = (string)mappingObj.GetType().GetMethod("mapIt")
    .MakeGenericMethod(typeof(DataBase), theType).Invoke(mappingObj, new object[] { myData });