Equivalent for "ModelMetadata.IsComplexType" using Reflection

Question

I'm trying to use System.Reflection to get the same result for a property as with using the metadata, specifically the IsComplexType property. The problem that I'm facing is that I couldn't find the logic that MVC Framework uses to determine if a property is complex or not. The only features of a complex type I could find is that it is a class and is not a built in type of the .Net framework. How can I determine if a (property)type is considered as a complex one, without using the ModelMetadata properties?

Answer 1

IsComplexType is implemented in the following way:

!TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(this.ModelType).CanConvertFrom(typeof(string));

All these classes are not specific for MVC and can be used by you. You only need to replace ModelType with a type you want to test.