Question

Here’s my best attempt to recreate the situation.

public interface IFoo
{

}

public class Foo : IFoo { }

public class Bar : IFoo { }

public class CollectionOf<T> : List<IFoo>
{

}

public class Bars : CollectionOf<Bar>
{

}

public class Test
{
    public void Test()
    {
        CollectionOf<IFoo> bars = new Bars();
    }
}

Compiler complains on the instantiation. Bars is a collection of IFoos. Is this one of those covariance/contravariance issues?

Answer 1

The fix, if there is one would depend on what it is that’s not working for you. I can get your example to compile in two ways, either use IEnumerable or define your CollectionOf as an interface with the out generic modifier. Whether either is a fix for you I don’t know:

public interface IFoo { }

public class Foo : IFoo { }

public class Bar : IFoo { }

public interface CollectionOf<out T> : IEnumerable<IFoo> { }

public class Bars : CollectionOf<Bar> { }

public class Test
{
    public void Test()
    {
        IEnumerable<IFoo> bars1 = new Bars();
        CollectionOf<IFoo> bars2 = new Bars();
    }
}