Question

This is probably not possible, but I have this class:

public class Metadata<DataType> where DataType : struct {     private DataType mDataType; } 

There’s more to it, but let’s keep it simple. The generic type (DataType) is limited to value types by the where statement. What I want to do is have a list of these Metadata objects of varying types (DataType). Such as:

List<Metadata> metadataObjects; metadataObjects.Add(new Metadata<int>()); metadataObjects.Add(new Metadata<bool>()); metadataObjects.Add(new Metadata<double>()); 

Is this even possible?

Answer 1

public abstract class Metadata { }  // extend abstract Metadata class public class Metadata<DataType> : Metadata where DataType : struct {     private DataType mDataType; }