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Simple function to determine if an item is an IEnumerable
 

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#region Usings
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Collections;
#endregion

namespace Utilities
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Utility class that handles various
    /// functions dealing with reflection.
    /// </summary>
    public static class Reflection
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Simple function to determine if an item is an IEnumerable
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ObjectType">Object type</param>
        /// <returns>True if it is, false otherwise</returns>
        public static bool IsIEnumerable(Type ObjectType)
        {
            try
            {
                if (ObjectType.IsPrimitive)
                    return false;
                if (ObjectType.GetConstructor(System.Type.EmptyTypes!= null)
                {
                    object TempObject = Activator.CreateInstance(ObjectType);
                    if (TempObject is IEnumerable)
                        return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
            catch throw}
        }

    }
}

   
  
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