Recommend migrating to modern, supported versions like .NET 4.8.1 or .NET 6/8.
By the time developers reached the 4.6.1 timeframe, Generics were standard, but they added a new twist to the story. How do you create a List when you only know T at runtime? activators dotnet 4.6.1
: The standard way to create an instance of a type using its default parameterless constructor . Recommend migrating to modern, supported versions like
The Activator in .NET 4.6.1 requires careful exception handling. Because the type resolution happens at runtime, the potential for failure is higher than with static instantiation. Developers must be prepared to catch TypeLoadException , FileNotFoundException (for missing assemblies), BadImageFormatException , and TargetInvocationException (which wraps exceptions thrown inside the constructor : The standard way to create an instance
They had a Type object—a blueprint—but no way to write the new keyword because the code hadn't been written yet.
: Creating a delegate once via Expression.Lambda and reusing it for instantiation.
// Using Activator to create an instance dynamically Type type = typeof(MyClass); object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(type);