by Matthew Manela | C#

Did you know…. Generic Methods

Did you know that you can call a generic method with out supplying the type argument.  The C# compiler will fill in the type parameter for you at compile time since the language is strongly typed.

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static void MyMethod<S>(S myParam)
{
    Console.WriteLine(typeof(S).ToString());
    Console.WriteLine(myParam.GetType().ToString());
}
 
static void Main(string[] args) {
    int a1 = 5;
    object a2 = 5;
    MyMethod(a1);
    MyMethod(a2);
}  /* //Outputs:  System.Int32 System.Int32 System.Object System.Int32 */