C# generic method returning different object instances

Asked Oct 14 '15 at 10:26

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I want do do something like this :

class A  {
   public int attribute1;
}

class B {
   public string attribute2;
}

class C {
   public static List<T> get<T>(Dictionary properties){
       //Here is a loop to create
       //new instances of T and setting attributes
   }
}

//I want something like this
Dictionary<string, obj> aProperties = new Dictionary<string, obj>();
aProperties.Add("attribute1", 5);

Dictionary<string, obj> bProperties = new Dictionary<string, obj>();
bProperties.Add("attribute2", "asdf");

List<A> listA = C.get<A>(aProperties); // new Instance of A with attribute1 = 5

List<B> listB = C.get<B>(bProperties); // new Instance of B with attribute2 = "asdf"

Can I do this?

asked Oct 14 '15 at 10:26

Antonio Papa

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Have you tried doing it? Have you thought about how `Get` is supposed to map between the dictionary and your objects? – Yuval Itzchakov Oct 14 '15 at 10:33
The T is for creating a new instance of the object within the method and the dictionary is for assigning properties. I thought it that way maybe I'm wrong because I don't know the correct way to do it. – Antonio Papa Oct 14 '15 at 10:38
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@AntonioPapa If you follow up the answer I provided in the "Marked as duplicate of" you should be able to get to the solution easily.. – Matías Fidemraizer Oct 14 '15 at 10:40
@MatíasFidemraizer thank you maybe that is the answer :) – Antonio Papa Oct 14 '15 at 10:43
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@AntonioPapa Absolutely :D I answered the same question with simpler code here too: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9210428/how-to-convert-class-into-dictionarystring-string/9210493#9210493 – Matías Fidemraizer Oct 14 '15 at 10:43
@MatíasFidemraizer Thank you again :) – Antonio Papa Oct 14 '15 at 10:47
@AntonioPapa No problem :) – Matías Fidemraizer Oct 14 '15 at 10:47

C# generic method returning different object instances

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