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Hector Davila
Hector Davila

Reputation: 1

Convert and Object Class to IComparable in c#

I am implementing a binary tree using the following code:

class Binary<T>:Binary
   where T: IComparable

{

But I'm also looking to use class objects in the tree:

Binary Bin = null;
Bin = new Binary<Product>();

This obviously doesnt work because Product is not IComparable. I tried doing this to make it work:

 public class Product: IComparable<Product>
    {
        public int Id = 0;

        public int CompareTo(Product p)
        {
            if (p==null)
            {
                return 1;  
            }
            if (p!=null)
            {
                return this.Id.CompareTo(p.Id);
            }

            return 0;
        }

Id is the value of Product intended to be used in all comparisons. But this doesn't work and I dont know what else to do. Is it possible to do what i want? Or is there another way I can use the class Product as an IComparable?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 761

Answers (1)

MarcinJuraszek
MarcinJuraszek

Reputation: 125610

Your class Product implements generic IComparable<T>, where your generic class Binary<T> expects generic type that implements non-generic IComparable.

Update Binary<T> declaration to useIComparable<T> in the constraint:

class Binary<T>:Binary
   where T: IComparable<T>
{

Upvotes: 3

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