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What does this code segment mean??

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    I had a class written like this:

    public void Set(string key, T value)
    {
    if(value == null)
    {
    return;
    }
    ...
    }

    I'm using "reSharper" however within my visual studio (for those who don't know, resharper is a great little tool that helps clean up code and suggests better ways of writing it. Highly recomend it) to help clean up my code, and ReSharper suggested I write the first line of the above code in the following manner:

    public void Set(string key, T value) where T : class

    What does this "where T : class" mean? I don't understand what it does. Thanks

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    • G Goalie35

      I had a class written like this:

      public void Set(string key, T value)
      {
      if(value == null)
      {
      return;
      }
      ...
      }

      I'm using "reSharper" however within my visual studio (for those who don't know, resharper is a great little tool that helps clean up code and suggests better ways of writing it. Highly recomend it) to help clean up my code, and ReSharper suggested I write the first line of the above code in the following manner:

      public void Set(string key, T value) where T : class

      What does this "where T : class" mean? I don't understand what it does. Thanks

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      Lost User
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      It restricts T to be a reference type. There's some information about it on MSDN:Constraints on Type Parameters[^]

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