Apr 30, 2014 · Generic is the opposite of specific. Generic and specific refer to the identification of a fact. Specific means a fact that has been specified. If you ask for (specify) a pain reliever, aspirin would …

Jan 27, 2010 · I am trying to combine a bunch of similar methods into a generic method. I have several methods that return the value of a querystring, or null if that querystring does not exist or is not in the

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 …

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, …

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?

Oct 2, 2013 · That's not how generics work. MyMethod(List<T> list) is an invalid method signature (unless your class is a generic class with a Type Parameter T)

So, two questions: Why do we observe this weird behaviour? What keeps us from comparing the values of generic types which are known to be IComparable? Doesn't it somehow defeat the entire purpose …

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 …

using LookupDictionary = System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string, int>; Now I want to accomplish the same with a generic type, while preserving it as a generic type:

Apr 11, 2017 · The first suggestion using is perfect! Now my template with a generic type being returned can return a null for objects and the default value for built-in types.