static void Main(string[] args)
{
#region Info
/*
* - Generics allow you to define a class with placeholders for the type of its fields, methods, parameters, etc
* - Generics replace these placeholders with some specific type at compile time
* - A generic class can be defined using angle brackets <>
* - Generics increases the reusability of the code
* - Generic are type safe. You get compile time errors if you try to use a different type of data than the one specified in the definition
* - Generic has a performance advantage because it removes the possibilities of boxing and unboxing
*
* - When deriving from a generic base class, you must provide a type argument instead of the base-class's generic type parameter
* - If you want the derived class to be generic then no need to specify type for the generic base class
*/
#endregion
Console.WriteLine("\n-------------------- int Generic --------------------");
MyGenericClass <int> intGeneric = new MyGenericClass <int>(10);
int val = intGeneric.GenericMethod(200);
Console.WriteLine("\n-------------------- string Generic --------------------");
MyGenericClass <string> strGeneric = new MyGenericClass <string>("Hello Generic World");
string result = strGeneric.GenericMethod("Generic Parameter");
strGeneric.GenericProperty = "This is a generic property example.";
Console.WriteLine($"Generic Property: {strGeneric.GenericProperty}");
Console.ReadLine();
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//at the point of instantiating your class the generics helps to replace those place holders with a specified type
MyGenericClass <int> myGeneric = new MyGenericClass <int>(10);
myGeneric.GenericMethod(20);
//Parameter type :System.Int32, value:20
//Field type: System.Int32, Value10
MyGenericClass <string> myStringGeneric = new MyGenericClass <string>("This is a generic field");
myStringGeneric.GenericMethod("This is a generic property");
//Parameter type :System.String, value:This is a generic property
//Field type: System.String, ValueThis is a generic field
Console.ReadLine();
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("\n-------------------- int Generic --------------------");
// Here when we are creating an instance of that generic class, we are specifying the type that
// we want to use, in this example we are saying we want T to be of type INT
MyGenericClass <int> intGeneric = new MyGenericClass <int>(10);
int val = intGeneric.GenericMethod(200);
Console.WriteLine("\n-------------------- string Generic --------------------");
// You can see here we are using the same class, correct ? But this time we are saying
// we want T to be of type string, so all of the T's in that class will be replaced with string
MyGenericClass <string> strGeneric = new MyGenericClass <string>("Hello Generic World");
string result = strGeneric.GenericMethod("Generic Parameter");
strGeneric.GenericProperty = "This is a generic property example.";
Console.WriteLine($"Generic Property: {strGeneric.GenericProperty}");
Console.ReadLine();
}