Question

I am trying to generate a Name based on type of an object. In my system, I have,

class Employee {}

Class ContractEmp:Employee{}

class Manager:Employee{}

I am trying to generate name which looks like ContractEmp1 Where 1 will come from incrementer. I am trying to use Generics.

Any Help

Thank you,

Answer 1

With an extension method you could do something like this:

public static class NameExtension
{
    private static Dictionary<string, int> counters = new Dictionary<string, int>();
    public static string MakeUpName<T>(this T @object)
    {
        var t = typeof(T);
        if ( ! counters.ContainsKey(t.FullName))
            counters[t.FullName] = 0;

        return t.Name + counters[t.FullName]++;
    }
}

Test:

[TestFixture]
class NameTest
{
    [Test]
    public void test()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(new NameTest().MakeUpName());
        Console.WriteLine(new NameTest().MakeUpName());
        Console.WriteLine(new NameTest().MakeUpName());
        Console.WriteLine(new NameTest().MakeUpName());
    }
}

Output:

NameTest0
NameTest1
NameTest2
NameTest3