Re: Derive concrete type from generic type.

Thanks guys.  This is what I originally thought, but I'm sorry to say I
didn't research it nearly enough (it's deadline time), and last time I tried
I must have done something wrong, because it only worked when I made both
types generic.  I really should have taken some more time out just to check
it.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of development on the .NET platform using any managed
> language [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frans
> Bouma
> Sent: 22 January 2008 01:38 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-CLR] Derive concrete type from generic type.
>
> > Say I wanted a collection of Field objects, but with some extra
> > functionality, say constraints on how fields can be added.  I decided
> > List<Field> is a good fit for most requirements, but want to derive a
> > MyFieldList.  To the best of my limited generics knowledge, I have to
> derive
> > a MyFieldList<T> anyway, but all my refinements in the child class
> only
> > refer to type Field, so the generic parameter is basically redundant.
> Is
> > there any way around this?
>
> public class MyFieldList : List<Field>
> {
>
> ...
> }
>
>                 FB
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