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Articles about working with generics in C#. Generic type parameters let you write classes/methods that work for any type. For example, List is a generic linked list (T is the type parameter). Without generics, you’d have to write duplicate code to work with specific types.
In C# 7.3, Microsoft added the ability to specify an Enum as a generic constraint, like this: Whenever you have a generic method, it’s a good idea to use generic type constraints. Without constraints, you would have to implement type checking in the generic method and throw exceptions if an invalid type was used. With … Read more
Problem You’re trying to return null from a generic method and you’re getting the following compiler error: Cannot convert null to type parameter ‘T’ because it could be a non-nullable value type. Consider using ‘default(T)’ instead You can’t return null because the compiler doesn’t know if T is nullable. Solution There are a few options … Read more
