Apr 30, 2014 · Generic is the opposite of specific. Generic and specific refer to the identification of a fact. Specific means a fact that has been specified. If you ask for (specify) a pain reliever, aspirin would …

I have a generics class, Foo<T>. In a method of Foo, I want to get the class instance of type T, but I just can't call T.class. What is the preferred way to get around it using T.class?

What's the best way to call a generic method when the type parameter isn't known at compile time, but instead is obtained dynamically at runtime? Consider the following sample code - inside the Ex...

Apr 30, 2009 · I have the following method with generic type: T GetValue<T> (); I would like to limit T to primitive types such as int, string, float but not class type. I know I can define generic for clas...

What keeps us from comparing the values of generic types which are known to be IComparable? Doesn't it somehow defeat the entire purpose of generic constraints?

Oct 16, 2008 · The type 'int?' must be a non-nullable value type in order to use it as parameter 'T' in the generic type or method Is specifying a nullable type as a generic parameter at all possible?

Jan 27, 2010 · I am trying to combine a bunch of similar methods into a generic method. I have several methods that return the value of a querystring, or null if that querystring does not exist or is not in the

Jun 4, 2010 · Actually, it is possible to differentiate the type of a method call based upon constraints if one doesn't mind having a dummy "optional" parameter of a generic reference type which has …

Aug 4, 2010 · 0 If you cannot change the generic class and use one of the method already explained on this page, then simple approach would be to get the type class based on the runtime instance class …

8 Java generics work by checking types at compile time and inserting appropriate casts, but erasing the types in the compiled files. This makes generic libraries usable by code which doesn't understand …