How to generic the code in C sharp

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I'm new to C# programming. I have 3 methods same content but difference types. I want to make one generic method for all of them. But I don't know how to do it. Please help me. Thanks so much...

public class insDatalog
    {
        public ObjectId _id { get; set; }
        public string _date { get; set; }
        public string _lCode { get; set; }
        public string _lName { get; set; }
        public string _stage { get; set; }
        public string _pcName { get; set; }
        public string _serial { get; set; }
        public string _model { get; set; }
        public string _uCode { get; set; }
        public string _uName { get; set; }
        public string _result { get; set; }
    }


public class insUnitLib
    {
        public ObjectId _id { get; set; }
        public string _uCode { get; set; }
        public string _uName { get; set; }
        public string _date { get; set; }
    }


public class insSerialNo
    {
        public ObjectId _id { get; set; }
        public string _serial { get; set; }
    }

public static void DeleteCollectionDataRow<T>(IMongoCollection<T> collection, insUnitLib t) where T: insUnitLib
        {
            collection.DeleteOne(b => b._id == t._id);
        }

public static void DeleteCollectionDataRow<T>(IMongoCollection<T> collection, insDatalog t) where T : insDatalog
        {
            collection.DeleteOne(b => b._id == t._id);
        }

public static void DeleteCollectionDataRow<T>(IMongoCollection<T> collection, insSerialNo t) where T : insSerialNo
        {
            collection.DeleteOne(b => b._id == t._id);
        }

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I have tried to search in the internet but still have no results.

Posted 25-Nov-17 9:48am

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Updated 25-Nov-17 10:13am

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phil.o · Answer 1 · 2017-11-25T10:13:00

You can try to create an interface and make your three classes implement this interface; then you can place the restriction in your generic method's declaration on the interface itself. This way:

C#

public interface IObjectWithId
{
   ObjectId _id { get; set; }
}

public class insDatalog : IObjectWithId
{
   // ...
}

public class insUnitLib : IObjectWithId
{
   // ...
}
public class insSerialNo : IObjectWithId
{
   // ...
}

public class YourContainerClass
{
   public static void DeleteCollectionDataRow<T>(IMongoCollection<T> collection, T t) where T : IObjectWithId
   {
      collection.DeleteOne(b => b._id.Equals(t._id));
   }
}

It also supposes that you correctly implemented the IEquatable<T> interface in your ObjectId class/struct definition.

You may also rethink your naming scheme as it does not fit very well into the .NET world, but that's more of a "cosmetic" choice remark which you can ignore, eventually.

Hope this helps. Kindly.

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2017-11-25T10:08:00

Solution 1

If all of your T classes derived from the same base class or interface, you could use that instead of individual classes in the where T clause (better solution!)

OR, you could just use a single method and chain all the classes together (not really efficient!):

C#

public static void Delete....<T>(IMongoCollection<T> collection, insUnitLib t) where T: insUnitLib, insDatalog, insSerialNo

Posted 25-Nov-17 10:08am

Dave Kreskowiak

Updated 25-Nov-17 10:09am

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phil.o 25-Nov-17 16:18pm

I don't think that could work this way, as T type would need to inherit the three classes at the same time, which is for the moment still impossible in C#.
I may be wrong as I did not try that for more than a couple of years now, but the restrictions on a generic type are to be understood with the AND comparator, not the OR one.
:)

Dave Kreskowiak 25-Nov-17 17:47pm

Thats why I said the 3 classes would have to inherit from a Base class or an interface.