fix the nullable value type

packages/http-client-csharp/generator/Microsoft.Generator.CSharp/src/OutputTypes/CSharpType.cs

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ public class CSharpType
         /// <param name="isNullable">Optional flag to determine if the constructed type should be nullable. Defaults to <c>false</c>.</param>
         public CSharpType(Type type, bool isNullable = false) : this(
             type,
-            isNullable,
-            type.IsGenericType ? type.GetGenericArguments().Select(p => new CSharpType(p)).ToArray() : Array.Empty<CSharpType>())
+            type.IsGenericType ? type.GetGenericArguments().Select(p => new CSharpType(p)).ToArray() : Array.Empty<CSharpType>(),
+            isNullable)
         { }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ public CSharpType(Type type, IReadOnlyList<CSharpType> arguments, bool isNullabl
         {
             Debug.Assert(type.Namespace != null, "type.Namespace != null");
 
+            // handle nullable value types explicitly because they are implemented using generic type `System.Nullable<T>`
+            var underlyingValueType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(type);
+            if (underlyingValueType != null)
+            {
+                // in this block, we are converting input like `typeof(int?)` into the way as if they input: `typeof(int), isNullable: true`
+                type = underlyingValueType;
+                arguments = type.IsGenericType ? type.GetGenericArguments().Select(p => new CSharpType(p)).ToArray() : Array.Empty<CSharpType>();
+                isNullable = true;
+            }
+
             _type = type.IsGenericType ? type.GetGenericTypeDefinition() : type;
             ValidateArguments(_type, arguments);
 

packages/http-client-csharp/generator/Microsoft.Generator.CSharp/test/CSharpTypeTests.cs

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System;
-using NUnit.Framework;
-using System.Linq;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
-using Moq;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using Moq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Generator.CSharp.Tests
 {
@@ -394,5 +394,71 @@ public void TestToString(Type type, string expectedString)
 
             Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
         }
+
+        [TestCaseSource(nameof(ValidateNullableTypesData))]
+        public void ValidateNullableTypes(Type type, IReadOnlyList<CSharpType> expectedArguments, bool expectedIsNullable)
+        {
+            var csharpType = new CSharpType(type);
+
+            CollectionAssert.AreEqual(expectedArguments, csharpType.Arguments);
+            Assert.AreEqual(expectedIsNullable, csharpType.IsNullable);
+        }
+
+        private static object[] ValidateNullableTypesData = [
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(int), Array.Empty<CSharpType>(), false
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(int?), Array.Empty<CSharpType>(), true
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(Uri), Array.Empty<CSharpType>(), false
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(Guid), Array.Empty<CSharpType>(), false
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(Guid?), Array.Empty<CSharpType>(), true
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(TestStruct<int>), new CSharpType[] { typeof(int) }, false
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(TestStruct<int>?), new CSharpType[] { typeof(int) }, true
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(TestStruct<int?>), new CSharpType[] { typeof(int?) }, false
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(TestStruct<int?>?), new CSharpType[] { typeof(int?) }, true
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(TestStruct<TestStruct<int>>), new CSharpType[] { typeof(TestStruct<int>) }, false
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(TestStruct<TestStruct<int>>?), new CSharpType[] { typeof(TestStruct<int>) }, true
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(TestStruct<TestStruct<int>?>), new CSharpType[] { typeof(TestStruct<int>?) }, false
+            },
+            new object[]
+            {
+                typeof(TestStruct<TestStruct<int>?>?), new CSharpType[] { typeof(TestStruct<int>?) }, true
+            },
+        ];
+
+        internal struct TestStruct<T> { }
     }
 }