Hi all -

So, basically, I want to create a class inherited from a SortedList<T1, T2>
with the types T1, T2 fixed. But the C# compiler gives me an error when I do
this:

class C : SortedList<T1, T2>
{
}

Instead, I have to do this:

class C<T1, T2> : SortedList<T1, T2>
{
}

But then, when I use the class, I have to always declare variables with type
C<T1, T2> instead of just C.

Any thoughts? I don't want other people using this class to have to bother
with the types. Maybe I am using SortedList wrong, and there is a better way
of doing what I want?

Thanks.

-- V

Venkatesh Reddy <venkatesh.reddy@pinerivercapital.com> wrote:
> So, basically, I want to create a class inherited from a SortedList<T1, T2>
> with the types T1, T2 fixed. But the C# compiler gives me an error when I do
> this:
>
> class C : SortedList<T1, T2>
> {
> }
>
> Instead, I have to do this:
>
> class C<T1, T2> : SortedList<T1, T2>
> {
> }
>
> But then, when I use the class, I have to always declare variables with type
> C<T1, T2> instead of just C.
>
> Any thoughts? I don't want other people using this class to have to bother
> with the types. Maybe I am using SortedList wrong, and there is a better way
> of doing what I want?

You want:

class C : SortedList<int,string>

(or whatever you want the types to be fixed as).

--
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Yes, for whatever reason, I was getting an error before, and it is gone now.
Must have been related to a different bug. Sorry about that.


"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <skeet@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21ca313ca555f246eb@msnews.microsoft.com.. .
> Venkatesh Reddy <venkatesh.reddy@pinerivercapital.com> wrote:
>> So, basically, I want to create a class inherited from a SortedList<T1,
>> T2>
>> with the types T1, T2 fixed. But the C# compiler gives me an error when I
>> do
>> this:
>>
>> class C : SortedList<T1, T2>
>> {
>> }
>>
>> Instead, I have to do this:
>>
>> class C<T1, T2> : SortedList<T1, T2>
>> {
>> }
>>
>> But then, when I use the class, I have to always declare variables with
>> type
>> C<T1, T2> instead of just C.
>>
>> Any thoughts? I don't want other people using this class to have to
>> bother
>> with the types. Maybe I am using SortedList wrong, and there is a better
>> way
>> of doing what I want?
>
> You want:
>
> class C : SortedList<int,string>
>
> (or whatever you want the types to be fixed as).
>
> --
> Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.com>
> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
> World class .NET training in the UK: http://iterativetraining.co.uk