In case you happen to have a generic method that returns a generic value but doesn't have generic parameters, you can use default(T) + (T)(object) cast, together with C# 8 pattern matching/type …

Oct 16, 2008 · The type 'int?' must be a non-nullable value type in order to use it as parameter 'T' in the generic type or method Is specifying a nullable type as a generic parameter at all possible?

Is there a clean method of mocking a class with generic parameters? Say I have to mock a class Foo<T> which I need to pass into a method that expects a Foo<Bar>. I can do the following

I have a generics class, Foo<T>. In a method of Foo, I want to get the class instance of type T, but I just can't call T.class. What is the preferred way to get around it using T.class?

Mar 24, 2014 · You can certainly define generic delegates, after all, that's exactly what Func and Action are. They are treated as generic definitions, just like generic interfaces and classes are. However, …

For this reason, you'll have to use the special "ID string" syntax that applies in such files: always use fully-qualified identifiers, and use backticks to reference generic type parameters (`n on types, ``n on …

Jul 8, 2009 · The generic parameter type will be the same for all methods, so I would like it at the class level. I know I could make a generic version and then inherit from it for the int version, but I was just …

What keeps us from comparing the values of generic types which are known to be IComparable? Doesn't it somehow defeat the entire purpose of generic constraints?

229 Is there a way to make this method generic so I can return a string, bool, int, or double? Right now, it's returning a string, but if it's able find "true" or "false" as the configuration value, I'd like to return a …

This appears to address the question of whether the type is a list-y sort of thing, but the question is more about how to determine what generic type parameter a type that is known to be a List already was …