Question

How do I implement the function defined in the interface below? When I implemented in VS2010 like I have below. MyType gets greyed out and it doesn’t recongise the type anymore? thanks!

public interface IExample
{
  T GetAnything<T>();
}

public class MyType
{
  //getter, setter here
}

public class Get : IExample
{
 public MyType GetAnything<MyType>()
 {      ^^^^^^^            ^^^^^^
   MyType mt = new MyType();
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    /* all greyed out !!*/
 }
}

Answer 1

Make a generic interface IExample<T> and then implement it using the concrete type class Get : IExample<MyType> as in the example below.

public interface IExample<T> where T : new()
{
    T GetAnything();
}

public class Get : IExample<MyType>
{
    public MyType GetAnything()
    {
        MyType mt = new MyType();
        return mt;
    }
}

public class MyType
{
    // ...
}