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Nerdherder Ed
Nerdherder Ed

Reputation: 55

Get reference to a generic object<T>

I have objects defined as follows:

public class ModelList<T> : ModelBase, IModelList<T>, IModelList 
where T : IModelListItem, new()
{
    public void Method1()
    {
    // do work here!
    }
}

public class Object1 : ModelListItem
{
}

public class Object2 : ModelListItem
{
}

public class Objects1: ModelList<Object1>, IModelList
{
}

public class Objects2: ModelList<Object2>, IModelList
{
}

Somewhere in code far far away I have a method that will receive a collection object of either Objects1 or Objects2. Is there a way to call Method1 from here?

private void DoSomething(object O)
{
    // O can be either Objects1 or Objects2
    O.Method1();
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 353

Answers (2)

Scott Chamberlain
Scott Chamberlain

Reputation: 127543

Because the method does not depend on the type at all, you could add Method1() to IModelList and pass that in to the function.

public interface IModelList 
{
    void Method1();
}

used like

private void DoSomething(IModelList  o)
{
    // o can be either Objects1 or Objects2 or anything else that implments IModelList
    o.Method1();
}

Upvotes: 2

O. R. Mapper
O. R. Mapper

Reputation: 20720

Is there a way to call Method1 from here?

There is: Make your far away method generic:

 private void DoSomething<T>(ModelList<T> o)
   where T : IModelListItem, new()
 {
   o.Method1();
 }

Upvotes: 5

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