using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Reflection;

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public class Program

{

    public class SampleClass

    {

        public SampleClass()

        {}

        public void Frob()

        {}

    }

    public static void Main()

    {

        var intType = typeof(int);

        // cast to object

        var intAsObject = GetAsType<object>(intType);

        // Check what the type is

        WriteOutInfo(intAsObject);

        // Same for complex objects

        var sampleType = typeof(SampleClass);

        var sampleAsObject = GetAsType<object>(sampleType);

        WriteOutInfo(sampleAsObject);

    }

    private static T GetAsType<T>(Type type)

    {

        return (T)Activator.CreateInstance(type);

    }

    private static void WriteOutInfo(object obj)

    {

        var currentType = obj.GetType();

        Console.WriteLine($"Type of object is {currentType.FullName} with methods:");

        var methodNames = currentType.GetMethods(BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance).Select(m => m.Name);

        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", methodNames));

    }

}