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I have an inheritance hierarchy:

public interface IValidator<TItem>



public abstract class Validator<TItem, TId> : IValidator<IItem>



public class MyValidator : Validator<MyItem, int>

I want to find every interface and superclass of MyValidator. I can do the interfaces easily with

return validator.GetType().GetInterfaces();

But when I try the same for superclasses, all I get back is System.Object, not Validator<MyItem, int>.

var type = validator.GetType();

return AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()

    .SelectMany(a => a.GetTypes())

    .Where(supertype => type.IsSubclassOf(supertype));

How can I get the full inheritance hierarchy?

Instead of iterating over each and every type in your assembly you can check base types. Also, you don't need an instance of MyValidator to get MyValidator type. Check this code:

var baseType = typeof(MyValidator).BaseType;

var baseTypes = new List<Type> { baseType };



while(baseType != typeof(object))

    baseTypes.Add(baseType = baseType.BaseType);

Now baseTypes list contains Validator<MyItem, int> and object types.