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Asked: June 8, 20262026-06-08T22:52:15+00:00 2026-06-08T22:52:15+00:00

Is it possible to have a generic constraint which is an unbounded generic type?

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Is it possible to have a generic constraint which is an unbounded generic type?

For example:

public T DoSomething<T>(T dictionary) where T : IDictionary<,>
{
    ...
}

Edit: Just to explain the context, I want to constrain the usage of the method to an IDictionary, but for the method itself it does not matter exactly what TKey and TValue are.

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    2026-06-08T22:52:17+00:00Added an answer on June 8, 2026 at 10:52 pm

    This isn’t possible, you need to specify the type parameters:

    public T DoSomething<T, TKey, TValue>(T dictionary) where T : IDictionary<TKey, TValue> { ... }
    
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