referencing a C# generic, but not caring about the type

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Suppose you wanted to reference an instance of a generic such as BindingList<t> but don't care about the type of T.

For example, if you have a class called SomeClass with a constructor that wants an instance of BindingList<t> but doesn't care about what T's type is:

C#

public class SomeClass
{
    public SomeClass(BindingList<t> someList)
    { }
}

is there a way to do this without making SomeClass a generic: e.g SomeClass<t>

Posted 27-Aug-11 3:55am

Ryan Minor

Updated 27-Aug-11 4:05am

Philippe Mori

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2011-08-27T03:56:00

Solution 1

You could always make the type object
It does kind of destroy the advantages of strong typing though...

Posted 27-Aug-11 3:56am

OriginalGriff

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#realJSOP 27-Aug-11 10:26am

5 - proposed as answer

Reto Ravasio · Answer 2 · 2011-08-27T04:12:00

It depends on what you want do do with the binding list. If you only care about the methods that one of the interfaces that BindingList implements, you could pass in an interface (e.g. IBindingList) instead of the BindingList.

Can you please ellaborate why you don't care about the type of T?

C#

public class SomeClass
{
  public SomeClass(IBindingList someList)
  { }
}