variable as type of generic (method)

[Seishin]

Hi! so i've got this generic method: UserControl _control; public void InitializeSomething(WorkItem workItem) where Tclass : UserControl { _control = workItem.Items.AddNew(); } my goal is to call this method sth like this: Type someType = typeof(someOtherObject); someObj.InitializeSomething(WorkItem); but this of course won't work.. my question is: is it possible to pass variable containing some type as Tclass for generic?! thanks for any help!!!

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[Eduard Keilholz]

I don't really get what you're aiming for... Doe you want to create a collection of controls which are derived from some kind of type?

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[Seishin]

mmh.. well, for example List<>.. inside the <> you have to put class name.. and my aim is to pass this class name through some variable.

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[Guffa]

You can't specify the type for generics with a variable. The point with generics is that the type is known at compile time so that the compiler can generate the code for the created generic type.

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