I have a class that i need a constraint of int, string, float or bool. I
have tried the following but can't make VS accept it. I read the docs
and they showed that any value type can be used unless it is nullable.
Why doesn't this work?
public class Metadata<T>
where T: System.int
line from the docs
where T: struct
The type argument must be a value type. Any value type except Nullable
can be specified. See Using Nullable Types (C# Programming Guide) for
more information.
dan 6 4640
It means exactly what it says. If you have class Metadata<T> where T: struct
then you can have
Metadata<int>
Metadata<float>
Metadata<bool>
etc.
but you would not be able to have e.g. Metadata<Nullab le<int>>,
neither would you be able to have Metadata<string > because string is a
reference type.
You would not be able to have a constraint which restricts to only int,
float, string and bool. The legal values for constraints are listed here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...70(VS.80).aspx
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Clive Dixon
Digita Ltd. ( www.digita.com)
"Dan Holmes" <da*******@bigf oot.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. .. I have a class that i need a constraint of int, string, float or bool. I have tried the following but can't make VS accept it. I read the docs and they showed that any value type can be used unless it is nullable. Why doesn't this work?
public class Metadata<T> where T: System.int
line from the docs where T: struct The type argument must be a value type. Any value type except Nullable can be specified. See Using Nullable Types (C# Programming Guide) for more information.
dan
Dan Holmes <da*******@bigf oot.com> wrote: I have a class that i need a constraint of int, string, float or bool.
You cannot express such a constraint using generic constraints. You'll
need to put an imperative test in the constructor.
Do for example:
---8<---
class A<T>
{
public A()
{
if (!(T is Int32) || // ... etc.
}
}
--->8---
Why doesn't this work?
public class Metadata<T> where T: System.int
A new type cannot descend from an existing value type, so this
constraint would restrict the generic type to exactly one possible
instantiation, Metadata<int>.
line from the docs where T: struct The type argument must be a value type. Any value type except Nullable can be specified. See Using Nullable Types (C# Programming Guide) for more information.
This documentation is describing the literal constraint 'where T:
struct'. The 'struct' in this constraint description is not a
placeholder. The 'where T: struct' constraint constrains the type
parameter to be a value type other than nullable.
-- Barry
Barry Kelly <ba***********@ gmail.com> wrote: if (!(T is Int32) || // ... etc.
Correction:
if (typeof(T) != typeof(Int32) && // ... etc.
-- Barry
What is the best way to handle this? Check the type of T in the
constructor and throw if T isn't one of the valid types?
dan
Clive Dixon wrote: It means exactly what it says. If you have class Metadata<T> where T: struct
then you can have
Metadata<int> Metadata<float> Metadata<bool> etc. but you would not be able to have e.g. Metadata<Nullab le<int>>, neither would you be able to have Metadata<string > because string is a reference type.
You would not be able to have a constraint which restricts to only int, float, string and bool. The legal values for constraints are listed here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...70(VS.80).aspx
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"Dan Holmes" <da*******@bigf oot.com> wrote in message news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. .. I have a class that i need a constraint of int, string, float or bool. I have tried the following but can't make VS accept it. I read the docs and they showed that any value type can be used unless it is nullable. Why doesn't this work?
public class Metadata<T> where T: System.int
line from the docs where T: struct The type argument must be a value type. Any value type except Nullable can be specified. See Using Nullable Types (C# Programming Guide) for more information.
dan
That's the only way I can see of doing what you want, though it isn't ideal
since you're only catching at runtime and not at compile time.
--
=============== =======
Clive Dixon
Digita Ltd. ( www.digita.com)
"Dan Holmes" <da*******@bigf oot.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** *********@TK2MS FTNGP05.phx.gbl ... What is the best way to handle this? Check the type of T in the constructor and throw if T isn't one of the valid types?
dan Clive Dixon wrote: It means exactly what it says. If you have class Metadata<T> where T: struct
then you can have
Metadata<int> Metadata<float> Metadata<bool> etc. but you would not be able to have e.g. Metadata<Nullab le<int>>, neither would you be able to have Metadata<string > because string is a reference type.
You would not be able to have a constraint which restricts to only int, float, string and bool. The legal values for constraints are listed here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...70(VS.80).aspx
=============== ======= Clive Dixon Digita Ltd. (www.digita.com)
"Dan Holmes" <da*******@bigf oot.com> wrote in message news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. .. I have a class that i need a constraint of int, string, float or bool. I have tried the following but can't make VS accept it. I read the docs and they showed that any value type can be used unless it is nullable. Why doesn't this work?
public class Metadata<T> where T: System.int
line from the docs where T: struct The type argument must be a value type. Any value type except Nullable can be specified. See Using Nullable Types (C# Programming Guide) for more information.
dan
A better way to do it (although not ideal, because like the other it is
not caught at compile time) would be to check the type in the static
constructor, since that is done only once.
Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m
"Clive Dixon" <cl************ *******@digita. noluncheonmeat. com> wrote in
message news:el******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP02.phx.gbl... That's the only way I can see of doing what you want, though it isn't ideal since you're only catching at runtime and not at compile time.
-- =============== ======= Clive Dixon Digita Ltd. (www.digita.com)
"Dan Holmes" <da*******@bigf oot.com> wrote in message news:%2******** *********@TK2MS FTNGP05.phx.gbl ... What is the best way to handle this? Check the type of T in the constructor and throw if T isn't one of the valid types?
dan Clive Dixon wrote: It means exactly what it says. If you have class Metadata<T> where T: struct
then you can have
Metadata<int> Metadata<float> Metadata<bool> etc. but you would not be able to have e.g. Metadata<Nullab le<int>>, neither would you be able to have Metadata<string > because string is a reference type.
You would not be able to have a constraint which restricts to only int, float, string and bool. The legal values for constraints are listed here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...70(VS.80).aspx
=============== ======= Clive Dixon Digita Ltd. (www.digita.com)
"Dan Holmes" <da*******@bigf oot.com> wrote in message news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. .. I have a class that i need a constraint of int, string, float or bool. I have tried the following but can't make VS accept it. I read the docs and they showed that any value type can be used unless it is nullable. Why doesn't this work?
public class Metadata<T> where T: System.int
line from the docs where T: struct The type argument must be a value type. Any value type except Nullable can be specified. See Using Nullable Types (C# Programming Guide) for more information.
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