Framework class for parsing type names?

Question

I have strings containing fully qualified type names a la this MSDN document. I'm wondering if there is a Framework class that will help me parse out the various components (e.g. generic type parameters).

Note that I can't simply load the Type with Type.GetType and inspect its properties because the type specified by the string may not be accessible in the context I'm trying to parse it.

Answer 1

There is no class designed specifically to parse type strings. Building one around a regular expression should not be a particularly difficult task though.