Question

For the following generic class.

class Message<T>
{
    public enum TYPE { Heart, Spade };
}

In Java, to refer to enum, I can simply

// Works in Java
Message.TYPE type = Message.TYPE.Heart;

But how about in C#? In C#, I need to provide a dummy type

Message<double>.TYPE type = Message<double>.TYPE.Heart;

Is there any way I can avoid the dummy type?

Answer 1

You can use the following code.

abstract class Message
{
   public enum TYPE { Heart, Spade };
}

class Message<T> : Message
{

}

and then you can access TYPE like Message.TYPE type = Message.TYPE.Heart;