Add ITypeDefinition.MetadataName

ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/ITypeDefinition.cs

@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem
 		/// </summary>
 		FullTypeName FullTypeName { get; }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the short type name as stored in metadata.
+		/// That is, the short type name including the generic arity (`N) appended.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <remarks>
+		/// "Int32" for int
+		/// "List`1" for List&lt;T&gt;
+		/// "List`1" for List&lt;string&gt;
+		/// </remarks>
+		string MetadataName { get; }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets/Sets the declaring type (incl. type arguments, if any).
 		/// This property will return null for top-level types.

ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/Implementation/MetadataTypeDefinition.cs

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem.Implementation
 			var td = metadata.GetTypeDefinition(handle);
 			this.attributes = td.Attributes;
 			this.fullTypeName = td.GetFullTypeName(metadata);
+			this.MetadataName = metadata.GetString(td.Name);
 			// Find DeclaringType + KnownTypeCode:
 			if (fullTypeName.IsNested)
 			{
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem.Implementation
 		}
 
 		public EntityHandle MetadataToken => handle;
-
+		public string MetadataName { get; }
 		public FullTypeName FullTypeName => fullTypeName;
 		public string Name => fullTypeName.Name;
 

ICSharpCode.Decompiler/TypeSystem/Implementation/MinimalCorlib.cs

@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem.Implementation
 			{
 				this.corlib = corlib;
 				this.typeCode = typeCode;
-				this.typeKind = KnownTypeReference.Get(typeCode).typeKind;
+				KnownTypeReference ktr = KnownTypeReference.Get(typeCode);
+				this.typeKind = ktr.typeKind;
+				this.MetadataName = ktr.Name + (ktr.TypeParameterCount > 0 ? "`" + ktr.TypeParameterCount : "");
 			}
 
 			IReadOnlyList<ITypeDefinition> ITypeDefinition.NestedTypes => EmptyList<ITypeDefinition>.Instance;
@@ -164,6 +166,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem.Implementation
 
 			public FullTypeName FullTypeName => KnownTypeReference.Get(typeCode).TypeName;
 
+			public string MetadataName { get; }
+
 			ITypeDefinition IEntity.DeclaringTypeDefinition => null;
 			IType ITypeDefinition.DeclaringType => null;
 			IType IType.DeclaringType => null;