Constrain a generic Class/Method to a particular type
Posted by andrewmyhre on April 2, 2008
In C# you can constrain a generic type using the where T:Type syntax. For instance, my method to get a Url for a particular CMSObjectType (my base CMS domain object class) I declare the method like this:
public string GetUrl<T>() where T:CMSDataObject
This instructs the compiler that it will only accept types passed into the generic method which derive from CMSDataObject. The syntax is also valid for generic classes.
More information at MSDN: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384067.aspx
