Calling a static function given a type name [duplicate]

Question

I have a string holding a type name. I want to get the type in reflection, and call a static method. I want to keep the code simple as possible. something like this:

public class MyClass {    
          static int foo() 
          {
             return 7;
          }; 
}

var MyClassType = Type.GetType("MyClass"); 
// your help here! 
int res = (MyClassType).foo();

Thanks!

Answer 1

You need to specify the correct binding flags to make this work:

// NOTE: Use full name for "MyClass", incuding any namespaces.
var myClassType = Type.GetType("MyClass");
int res = (int)myClassType.GetMethod("foo", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static).Invoke(null, null);

Answer 2

Try like this:

int res = Type.GetType("MyClassType").GetMethod("foo").Invoke(null, null);