C- Generic

Generic

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace GenericApplication
{
    public class MyGenericArray<T>
    {
        private T[] array;
        public MyGenericArray(int size)
        {
            array = new T[size + 1];
        }
        public T getItem(int index)
        {
            return array[index];
        }
        public void setItem(int index, T value)
        {
            array[index] = value;
        }
    }

    class Tester
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // 声明一个整型数组
            MyGenericArray<int> intArray = new MyGenericArray<int>(5);
            // 设置值
            for (int c = 0; c < 5; c++)
            {
                intArray.setItem(c, c * 5);
            }             // 获取值
            for (int c = 0; c < 5; c++)
            {
                Console.Write(intArray.getItem(c) + " ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();             // 声明一个字符数组
            MyGenericArray<char> charArray = new MyGenericArray<char>(5);
            // 设置值
            for (int c = 0; c < 5; c++)
            {
                charArray.setItem(c, (char)(c + 97));
            }             // 获取值
            for (int c = 0; c < 5; c++)
            {
                Console.Write(charArray.getItem(c) + " ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

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The characteristics of generics

Using generics is a technique for enhancing program functionality in the following ways:

• It helps you maximize code reuse, secure types, and improve performance.
• You can create generic collection classes. The .NET framework class library includes some new generic collection classes in the System.Collections.Generic namespace. You can use these generic collection classes instead of collection classes in System.Collections.
• You can create your own generic interfaces, generic classes, generic methods, generic events, and generic delegates.
• You can constrain generic classes to access methods for specific data types.
• Information about the types used in generic data types can be obtained at runtime by using reflection.

Generic method

In the example above, we've already used generic classes, and we can declare generic methods with type parameters. The following procedure illustrates this concept:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace GenericMethodAppl
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Swap<T>(ref T lhs, ref T rhs)
        {
            T temp;
            temp = lhs;
            lhs = rhs;
            rhs = temp;
        }
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int a, b;
            char c, d;
            a = 10;
            b = 20;
            c = 'I';
            d = 'V';

            // 在交换之前显示值
            Console.WriteLine("Int values before calling swap:");
            Console.WriteLine("a = {0}, b = {1}", a, b);
            Console.WriteLine("Char values before calling swap:");
            Console.WriteLine("c = {0}, d = {1}", c, d);

            // 调用 swap
            Swap<int>(ref a, ref b);
            Swap<char>(ref c, ref d);

            // 在交换之后显示值
            Console.WriteLine("Int values after calling swap:");
            Console.WriteLine("a = {0}, b = {1}", a, b);
            Console.WriteLine("Char values after calling swap:");
            Console.WriteLine("c = {0}, d = {1}", c, d);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following results:

Int values before calling swap:
a = 10, b = 20
Char values before calling swap:
c = I, d = V
Int values after calling swap:
a = 20, b = 10
Char values after calling swap:
c = V, d = I

Generic delegates

You can define generic delegates from type parameters. For example:

delegate T NumberChanger<T>(T n);

The following example demonstrates the use of delegates:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

delegate T NumberChanger<T>(T n);
namespace GenericDelegateAppl
{
    class TestDelegate
    {
        static int num = 10;
        public static int AddNum(int p)
        {
            num += p;
            return num;
        }

        public static int MultNum(int q)
        {
            num *= q;
            return num;
        }
        public static int getNum()
        {
            return num;
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // 创建委托实例
            NumberChanger<int> nc1 = new NumberChanger<int>(AddNum);
            NumberChanger<int> nc2 = new NumberChanger<int>(MultNum);
            // 使用委托对象调用方法
            nc1(25);
            Console.WriteLine("Value of Num: {0}", getNum());
            nc2(5);
            Console.WriteLine("Value of Num: {0}", getNum());
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following results:

Value of Num: 35
Value of Num: 175