How to call a generic extension method with reflection?

Question

I wrote the extension method GenericExtension. Now I want to call the extension method Extension. But the value of methodInfo is always null.

public static class MyClass
{
    public static void GenericExtension<T>(this Form a, string b) where T : Form
    {
        // code...
    }

    public static void Extension(this Form a, string b, Type c)
    {
        MethodInfo methodInfo = typeof(Form).GetMethod("GenericExtension", new[] { typeof(string) });
        MethodInfo methodInfoGeneric = methodInfo.MakeGenericMethod(new[] { c });
        methodInfoGeneric.Invoke(a, new object[] { a, b });
    }

    private static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        new Form().Extension("", typeof (int));
    }
}

Whats wrong?

Answer 1

The extension method isn't attached to the type Form, it's attached to the type MyClass, so grab it off that type:

MethodInfo methodInfo = typeof(MyClass).GetMethod("GenericExtension",
    new[] { typeof(Form), typeof(string) });

Answer 2

In case you have an extension method like

public static class StringExtensions
{
    public static bool IsValidType<T>(this string value);
}

you can invoke it (e. g. in tests) like so:

public class StringExtensionTests
{
    [Theory]
    [InlineData("Text", typeof(string), true)]
    [InlineData("", typeof(string), true)]
    [InlineData("Text", typeof(int), false)]
    [InlineData("128", typeof(int), true)]
    [InlineData("0", typeof(int), true)]
    public void ShouldCheckIsValidType(string value, Type type, bool expectedResult)
    {
        var methodInfo = 
            typeof(StringExtensions).GetMethod(nameof(StringExtensions.IsValidType),
            new[] { typeof(string) });
        var genericMethod = methodInfo.MakeGenericMethod(type);
        var result = genericMethod.Invoke(null, new[] { value });
        result.Should().Be(expectedResult);
    }
}