public void CreateGenericInstanceFieldReflection()
{
// set up temp assembly.
var assembly = Utilities.CreateTempNetAssembly();
var tableStream = assembly.NetDirectory.MetadataHeader.GetStream<TableStream>();
var fieldTable = tableStream.GetTable<FieldDefinition>();
var importer = new ReferenceImporter(tableStream);
// create field.
var typeSignature = (GenericInstanceTypeSignature)importer.ImportTypeSignature(typeof(List<string>));
var field = new FieldDefinition(FieldName, FieldAttributes.Public | FieldAttributes.Static,
new FieldSignature(typeSignature));
fieldTable.Add(field);
// build and validate.
assembly = Utilities.RebuildNetAssembly(assembly);
fieldTable = assembly.NetDirectory.MetadataHeader.GetStream<TableStream>().GetTable<FieldDefinition>();
field = fieldTable.First(x => x.Name == FieldName);
Assert.IsInstanceOfType(field.Signature.FieldType, typeof(GenericInstanceTypeSignature));
var newTypeSignature = (GenericInstanceTypeSignature)field.Signature.FieldType;
Utilities.ValidateType(typeSignature.GenericType, newTypeSignature.GenericType);
Assert.AreEqual(typeSignature.GenericArguments.Count, newTypeSignature.GenericArguments.Count);
for (int i = 0; i < typeSignature.GenericArguments.Count; i++)
Assert.AreEqual(typeSignature.GenericArguments[i].FullName,
newTypeSignature.GenericArguments[i].FullName);
}