Question

I am facing a problem with .NET generics. The thing I want to do is saving an array of generics types (GraphicsItem):

public class GraphicsItem<T> {     private T _item;      public void Load(T item)     {         _item = item;     } } 

How can I save such open generic type in an array?

Answer 1

Implement a non-generic interface and use that:

public class GraphicsItem<T> : IGraphicsItem {     private T _item;      public void Load(T item)     {         _item = item;     }      public void SomethingWhichIsNotGeneric(int i)     {         // Code goes here...     } }  public interface IGraphicsItem {     void SomethingWhichIsNotGeneric(int i); } 

Then use that interface as the item in the list:

var values = new List<IGraphicsItem>();