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Asked: May 29, 20262026-05-29T11:19:04+00:00 2026-05-29T11:19:04+00:00

I was thinking of a generic method where T should be interface but it

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I was thinking of a generic method where T should be interface but it can be the descendant of IFace

public static T Get<T>(SomeClass foo) where T : IFace {
  if(smthing)
    return Activator.CreateInstance(type, true);
}

so i can call

Class.Get<IFace>(smth)
Class.Get<IFaceDescend>(smt)

but not

Class.Get<Class2>(smt)
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    2026-05-29T11:19:05+00:00Added an answer on May 29, 2026 at 11:19 am

    No, you can’t do this. You can test for it at execution time:

    if (!typeof(T).IsInterface)
    {
        throw ...;
    }
    

    … but you can’t express it as a compile-time constraint on T.

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