Replacement for "class of" in C#?

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From: Shawn Oster
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:42

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I'm trying to port a factory I use in Delphi to C# and have hit a snag.  In 
Delphi I usually make light-weight factories like this:

TGizmo = class(TObject)
// stuff here
end;

TGizmoClass = class of TGizmo;

TGizmoFactory = class(TObject)
private
   FHashedListOfGizmoClasses: TClassHashList;
public
   procedure RegisterClass(const ClassKey: string; ClassType: TGizmoClass);
   function CreateObject(const ClassKey: string): TGizmo;
end;

As you can see I pass in a key and a class type, then in CreateObject I 
simply look up the key in the hash, call TGizmoClass.Create and *bam* there 
is my new object.

My question is: How can I create a type-safe class type to pass into my 
factory?  All the examples I see require creating a concrete factory for 
every concrete class but that seems like a waste.  I'm sure I'm just 
overlooking something super simple.

Thanks,
Shawn

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