How to use strongly-typed like dictionary <string,Type> to associate a string to a class

Question

I want to create a dictionary to associate a string to a class for example:

"dog" -> Dog class
"cat" -> Cat class

so I tried this

public Dictionary<String, Type> dic = new Dictionary<String, Type>();
dic.Add("dog", Dog);

but Add doesn't accept Dog.

So what's the syntax ?

Answer 1

You should use the typeof operator to get the corresponding Type object:

public Dictionary<String, Type> dic = new Dictionary<String, Type>();
dic.Add("dog", typeof(Dog));