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Get Friendly Type Name

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Reflection; using System.Text; namespace RestCake.Util {     internal static class ReflectionHelper     {         /// <summary>         /// From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/401681/how-can-i-get-the-correct-text-definition-of-a-generic-type-using-reflection         /// </summary>         /// <param name="type"></param>         /// <returns></returns>         public static string GetFriendlyTypeName(Type type)         {             if (type.IsGenericParameter)             {                 return type.Name;             }             if (!type.IsGenericType)             {                 return type.FullName;             }             var builder = new StringBuilder();             var name = type.Name;             var index = name.IndexOf("`");             builder.AppendFormat("{0}.{1}", type.Namespace, name.Substring(0, index));             builder.Append('<');             var first = true;             foreach (var arg in type.GetGenericArguments())             {                 if (!first)                 {                     builder.Append(',');                 }                 builder.Append(GetFriendlyTypeName(arg));                 first = false;             }             builder.Append('>');             return builder.ToString();         }     } }