How to check if a class inherits another class without instantiating it? [duplicate]

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To check for assignability, you can use the Type.IsAssignableFrom method:

typeof(SomeType).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(Derived))

This will work as you expect for type-equality, inheritance-relationships and interface-implementations but not when you are looking for ‘assignability’ across explicit / implicit conversion operators.

To check for strict inheritance, you can use Type.IsSubclassOf:

typeof(Derived).IsSubclassOf(typeof(SomeType))

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