C# Language Tutorial => Testing and navigating inheritance

Example

interface BaseInterface {}
class BaseClass : BaseInterface {}

interface DerivedInterface {}
class DerivedClass : BaseClass, DerivedInterface {}

var baseInterfaceType = typeof(BaseInterface);
var derivedInterfaceType = typeof(DerivedInterface);
var baseType = typeof(BaseClass);
var derivedType = typeof(DerivedClass);

var baseInstance = new BaseClass();
var derivedInstance = new DerivedClass();  

Console.WriteLine(derivedInstance is DerivedClass); //True
Console.WriteLine(derivedInstance is DerivedInterface); //True
Console.WriteLine(derivedInstance is BaseClass); //True
Console.WriteLine(derivedInstance is BaseInterface); //True
Console.WriteLine(derivedInstance is object); //True

Console.WriteLine(derivedType.BaseType.Name);  //BaseClass
Console.WriteLine(baseType.BaseType.Name);  //Object
Console.WriteLine(typeof(object).BaseType);  //null

Console.WriteLine(baseType.IsInstanceOfType(derivedInstance));  //True
Console.WriteLine(derivedType.IsInstanceOfType(baseInstance));  //False

Console.WriteLine(
    string.Join(",", 
    derivedType.GetInterfaces().Select(t => t.Name).ToArray()));
//BaseInterface,DerivedInterface
    
Console.WriteLine(baseInterfaceType.IsAssignableFrom(derivedType)); //True
Console.WriteLine(derivedInterfaceType.IsAssignableFrom(derivedType)); //True
Console.WriteLine(derivedInterfaceType.IsAssignableFrom(baseType)); //False

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