what is generics?

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what is generics in .net 3.5?

Taka Chidoda · Answer

Generics allow you to define type-safe classes without compromising type safety performance or productivity. To do that use the and > brackets enclosing a generic type parameter. For example here is how you define and use a generic method: public class Method { T[] item; public void Test(T item) {...} } Method Test= new Method ();

Rahul Saxena · Answer

Generics are not a completely new construct; similar concepts exist with other languages. For example C++ templates can be compared to generics. However there's a big difference between C++ templates and .NET generics. With C++ templates the source code of the template is required when a template is instantiated with a specific type. Contrary to C++ templates generics are not only a construct of the C# language; generics are defined with the CLR. This makes it possible to instantiate generics with a specific type in Visual Basic even though the generic class was defined with C#.