pass a type dynamically based on string type name

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I need a way to pass a type to a generic method based on a string type name.

For example, say I have a method with the following signature:

public Save<T>(Model) where T : BaseConfig, new(){}

The client will need to call this method dynamically based on the selection in a current dropdown.

For example, "Client Account" might be user-selected dropdown text with a dropdown value of "ClientAccount".

Based on this selection ClientAccountConfig should be the type passed as T into the save method.

So I need to be able to implement something like this:

Type configType = typeof(ddlModule.SelectedValue.ToString() + "Config")

Obviously the typeof above will return a string but I am trying to get a Type object described by the dynamic string that I'm building, in this case a Type object of ClientAccountConfig.

Do you know how I can accomplish this?

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