Question

I want to create a Dictionary with TKey as string and the TValue to be from type which is not know at compile time.

Let’s say for example I have a function

 createDict(Type type)
 {
     Dictionary<string, {here's the type from the func. argument}> dict = new Dictionary..

 }

Is this scenario possible or I’m missing something very basic ?

Answer 1

Make the method generic:

public void CreateDict<T>()
{
    Dictionary<string,T> dict = new Dictionary<string,T>();

}

Though you may want the return type to also be Dictionary<string,T> and add constrains to the generic type parameter.

You would call it as:

CreateDict<MyCustomType>();

The above assumes the type can be passed in during compile time.