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Hands-On Object-Oriented Programming with C#

You're reading from   Hands-On Object-Oriented Programming with C# Build maintainable software with reusable code using C#

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788296229
Length 288 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abhishek Sur Abhishek Sur
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Raihan Taher Raihan Taher
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Preface 1. Overview of C# as a Language FREE CHAPTER 2. Hello OOP - Classes and Objects 3. Implementation of OOP in C# 4. Object Collaboration 5. Exception Handling 6. Events and Delegates 7. Generics in C# 8. Modeling and Designing Software 9. Visual Studio and Associated Tools 10. Exploring ADO.NET with Examples 11. New Features in C# 8 12. Understanding Design Patterns and Principles 13. Git - The Version Control System 14. Prepare Yourself - Interviews and the Future 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Different constraints of generics

There are different types of constraints available in C# generics:

  • Base class constraints
  • Interface constraints
  • Reference type and value type constraints
  • Multiple constraints

The most common and popular types are base class constraints and interface constraints, so we will focus on them in the following sections.

Base class constraints

The idea of this constraint is that only the classes that extend a base class can be used as generic type. For example, if you have a class named Person and you use this Person class as a base for the Generic constraint, only the Person class or any other class that inherits the Person class can be used as the type argument for that generic class. Let&apos...

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