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How to limit a generic type parameter to System.Enum [duplicate]
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Anyone know a good workaround for the lack of an enum generic constraint?
Create Generic method constraining T to an Enum
Is is possible to limit the generic type parameter [...
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"Class of <T> where T : Enum" not working [duplicate]
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Is there any reason why we can't do this in C#? And, if possible, how can I do something similar!
What I want :
public class&...
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Method to take in any Enum [duplicate]
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is it possible to create a generic method that takes in any enum? I'll then check the incoming type to first make sure it's an ...
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Generic C# method taking where the enum value as a parameter [duplicate]
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Given a generic method that only operates on enum values
static void <T> method(T enum) where T ?????
{
// do ...
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System.Enum as a generic type parameter with constraints [duplicate]
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Enum type constraints in C#
Consider the following class:
public class Transition<TState>
{
public Transition ()
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Cannot define T in C# [duplicate]
Any clue how to define T in this code?
public static T ToEnum<T>(this string value, T defaultValue)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
return ...
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Possible to constrain generic type to enums? [duplicate]
I have a generic class Foo<T> where I want to constrain T to be an enum type. Is this possible in C#?
I have tried
public class Foo<T> where T : enum // COMPILATION ERROR
but this ...
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Enum flags wrapper in C# [duplicate]
I am refactoring some code for several enum collections that support the [Flags] attribute.
I am trying to come up with a generic class that allows for common methods (adding, removing and checking ...
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How to pass generic enum parameter to method? [duplicate]
public static string GetCustomerIssueStatus(this HtmlHelper html, byte number)
{
return Enum.GetName(typeof(Shared.Enumerators.CustomerIssueStatus), number);
}
How could I create this extension ...
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Generic Enum param in abstract method [duplicate]
I'm trying to make an abstract Object Factory and I tryied a few things and none of them worked.
What I would like to have is something like this that could be overrided:
public abstract ...
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C# passing any enum to a class constructor [duplicate]
The following is a wrapper class that will be passed an instance of HEventProperty in order to sync it with HDropdown.
In this case the T in HEventProperty will always be an enum, but we don't know ...
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How to write a generic function for enum types [duplicate]
//TechTeam is enum type
//This line returns the enumvalue as out param, for the matching stringvalue.
Enum.TryParse(stringvalue, out TechTeam tt);
It works perfectly. Now if I turn it to generic I ...
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How to have a generic function which uses any flag enum? [duplicate]
So I wan't to have a generic function which works on any enum which is a flag and do a bitwise operation on it.
something like:
[Flags]
public enum MyEnum: long
{
A = 0,
B = 1 << 0,
}
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How do I cast a generic enum to int?
I have a small method that looks like this:
public void SetOptions<T>() where T : Enum
{
int i = 0;
foreach (T obj in Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))
{
if (i == 0)
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