Passing Parameters to C# Generic Method

Question

I had recently created a function to make loading multiple classes, while benchmarking the loading time easier with a simple method. I would like to know how I can extend this to allow multiple parameters passed to the method itself, and multiple parameters to the T (The class you're loading)

Method:

public static T CreateInstanceOf<T>() where T : new()
{
    var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
    var result = new T();

    stopwatch.Stop();
    Logger.Trace("Loaded " + result.GetType().Name + " [took " + stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds + "ms]");

    return result;
}

Current Usage:

_myClass = Utilities.Utilities.CreateInstanceOf<MyClass>();

Now, lets say that the class 'MyClass' had a public constructor, with multiple parameters, something like this

public MyClass(string name, int age, bool eating)

How could I extend the functionality to allow myself to send parameters to the class I am loading's constructor?

I would also like to pass extra parameters to the method itself, to include in the Logger.Trace line, can this be done?

Many Thanks, Seriosk.

There is an old feature request for this feature: https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/2206 — xanatos, Mar 18 '17 at 13:05
And a similar question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/840261/passing-arguments-to-c-sharp-generic-new-of-templated-type — xanatos, Mar 18 '17 at 13:07
And here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/853703/how-to-constrain-generic-type-to-must-have-a-construtor-that-takes-certain-param — xanatos, Mar 18 '17 at 13:08
@MickyD Through reflection you can do anything... But note the ***while benchmarking** the loading time*... Reflection adds quite much to constructor calling... I'll quote the most upvoted comment comment: *Cautionary conclusion would be that Activator.CreateInstance **is taking roughly 11 times as much time** to do the same job as a new T() does, and a delegate takes roughly 1.5 times as much.* — xanatos, Mar 18 '17 at 13:15
But yes, rereading what I wrote, what I really meant was: you can't have a constraint of type `new(x, y, z)`, so you can't use `new` constraint with multiple parameters... There are other worse solutions. — xanatos, Mar 18 '17 at 13:17
@MickyD *I know, I'm the one who added the note on the link* :-) :-) :-) :-) — xanatos, Mar 18 '17 at 13:18

Passing Parameters to C# Generic Method

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