In C# I have the following object:
public class Item
{ }
public class Task<T>
{ }
public class TaskA<T> : Task<T>
{ }
public class TaskB<T> : Task<T>
{ }
I want to dynamically create TaskA or TaskB using C# reflection (Activator.CreateInstance). However I wouldn't know the type before hand, so I need to dynamically create TaskA based on string like "namespace.TaskA" or "namespace.TaskAB".
Check out this article and this simple example. Quick translation of same to your classes ...
var d1 = typeof(Task<>);
Type[] typeArgs = { typeof(Item) };
var makeme = d1.MakeGenericType(typeArgs);
object o = Activator.CreateInstance(makeme);
Per your edit: For that case, you can do this ...
var d1 = Type.GetType("GenericTest.TaskA`1"); // GenericTest was my namespace, add yours
Type[] typeArgs = { typeof(Item) };
var makeme = d1.MakeGenericType(typeArgs);
object o = Activator.CreateInstance(makeme);
To see where I came up with backtick1 for the name of the generic class, see this article.
Note: if your generic class accepts multiple types, you must include the commas when you omit the type names, for example:
Type type = typeof(IReadOnlyDictionary<,>);