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Butterkekskrumel
Butterkekskrumel

Reputation: 313

C# casting generic class with an interface as placeholder

I have the following classes/interfaces:

public interface IConvexPolygon<T> where T : IPositionable
{
    IEnumerable<FPVector2> UniqueAxes { get; }
    IEnumerable<T> CornerPositionsClockwise { get; }
}
public class ConvexPolygon<T> : ConvexShape, IConvexPolygon<T> where T : IPositionable
{
...
}
public struct Positionable : IPositionable
{
...
}

I now want to cast a ConvexPolygon<Positionable> to IConvexPolygon<IPositionable> to be able to use its getters. This throws an invalid cast exception. I tried specifying covariance with out in the IConvexPolygon interface, with the same result

Upvotes: 0

Views: 107

Answers (1)

Guru Stron
Guru Stron

Reputation: 142233

Variance is applied only to references types, see the docs:

  • Variance applies only to reference types; if you specify a value type for a variant type parameter, that type parameter is invariant for the resulting constructed type.

So you will need to change Positionable from struct to class, to make this cast work.

Also if you are planning to work Positionable via interface take in account that it will be boxed.

Upvotes: 1

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