Fixed generic or nullable parameter types not having their type displayed nicely.

Author: DavidF-Dev

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added command: "colour" - displays the provided colour in the developer console.
 - Changed DevConsole.InvokeCoroutine method to return the Coroutine instance.
 - Fixed Unity logs from other threads not showing in the developer console log.
+- Fixed generic or nullable parameter types not having their type displayed nicely.
 
 ## [0.2.1-alpha] - 2021-08-09
 - Added documentation.

Runtime/DevConsole.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using UnityEngine;
 
@@ -356,6 +357,27 @@ IEnumerator Invoke()
             return _console.StartCoroutine(Invoke());
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Get the user-friendly name of the parameter type.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="type"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        internal static string GetFriendlyName(Type type)
+        {
+            if (type.IsGenericType)
+            {
+                Type nullable = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(type);
+                if (nullable != null)
+                {
+                    return $"{GetFriendlyName(nullable)}?";
+                }
+
+                return $"{type.Name.Split('`')[0]}<{string.Join(", ", type.GetGenericArguments().Select(x => GetFriendlyName(x)))}>";
+            }
+
+            return type.Name;
+        }
+
         #region Invoke events
 
         internal static void InvokeOnConsoleEnabled()

Runtime/Parameter.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // Created by: DavidFDev
 
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 
 namespace DavidFDev.DevConsole
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ private Parameter() { }
         /// </summary>
         internal Type Type { get; private set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     User-friendly name of the parameter type.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal string FriendlyTypeName { get; private set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Name of the parameter.
         /// </summary>
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ private Parameter() { }
 
         public override string ToString()
         {
-            return $"({Type.Name}){Name}";
+            return $"({FriendlyTypeName}){Name}";
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -87,6 +93,7 @@ internal Parameter SetType<T>()
         internal Parameter SetType(Type type)
         {
             Type = type;
+            FriendlyTypeName = DevConsole.GetFriendlyName(type);
 
             // If the type is an enum, add special help text
             if (type.IsEnum)
@@ -125,7 +132,7 @@ internal Parameter SetType(Type type)
         /// <returns></returns>
         internal string ToFormattedString()
         {
-            return $"<i>({Type.Name})</i><b>{Name}</b>";
+            return $"<i>({FriendlyTypeName})</i><b>{Name}</b>";
         }
 
         #endregion