What's the best way to call a generic method when the type parameter isn't known at compile time, but instead is obtained dynamically at runtime? Consider the following sample code - …

Mar 24, 2014 · You can certainly define generic delegates, after all, that's exactly what Func and Action are. They are treated as generic definitions, just like generic interfaces and classes are. …

Oct 16, 2008 · The type 'int?' must be a non-nullable value type in order to use it as parameter 'T' in the generic type or method Is specifying a nullable type as a generic parameter at all possible?

Jan 27, 2010 · I am trying to combine a bunch of similar methods into a generic method. I have several methods that return the value of a querystring, or null if that querystring does not exist …

I have a generics class, Foo<T>. In a method of Foo, I want to get the class instance of type T, but I just can't call T.class. What is the preferred way to get around it using T.class?

What keeps us from comparing the values of generic types which are known to be IComparable? Doesn't it somehow defeat the entire purpose of generic constraints?

I think the problem with this is that if you're using this generic method to say, convert a Database object from DbNull to Int and it returns default (T) where T is an int, it'll return 0. If this number …

Apr 13, 2010 · 107 Implementing a generic OrderedDictionary isn't terribly difficult, but it's unnecessarily time consuming and frankly this class is a huge oversight on Microsoft's part. …

Oct 13, 2008 · This answer cleverly "abuses" the somehow inconsistent rule, that you can, in your base class, create new objects of yet-unknown generic type, inheriting that base class - but …

Jul 8, 2009 · The generic parameter type will be the same for all methods, so I would like it at the class level. I know I could make a generic version and then inherit from it for the int version, …