Get parent of class of instance

Question

I have the following class:

public class POCOConfiguration : EntityTypeConfiguration<POCO>
{
    public POCOConfiguration()
    {

    }
}

POCOConfiguration instance = new POCOConfiguration();

How can I get the type POCO from the instance?

Thanks

Answer 1

instance.GetType().BaseType.GetGenericArguments()[0]

Answer 2

Another answer is simply that instance.GetType().BaseType returns the base Type of class o parent class.

instance.GetType().BaseType.GetGenericArguments()[0] can throw an exception.