http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Wed, 22 May 2013 02:22:01 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 02:22:01 GMT Rev9 1 -1 -1 I'm surprised how many people don't realize that we (and by we I mean VB) have full generic support in Whidbey. We can consume, author, and use constraints. I just answered an internal email where someone was wondering how this all worked and I figured this info would be useful to all you Channel9 types.
 
Variables
Imports System.Collections.Generic

Dim foo as New List(Of String)
Dim bar as New Dictionary(Of String, String)

Functions
Module Test
   
   Public Sub Foo(Of T)(ByVal param As T)
   End Sub

   Public Sub Bar()
      Dim x as String
      ' call explictly the one you want
      Foo(Of String)(x)
      ' or let the compiler do it for you
      Foo(x) ' same as above
   End Sub

End Module

Classes
Public Class Foo(Of G,E,N,E,R,I,C,S)
End Class

or

Public Class Foo(Of T As IEnumerable)
End Class

Happy Coding (especially if it's in VB )

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/5185-VB-Generics/5185#5185 Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:54:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/5185-VB-Generics/5185#5185 Mike Sampson 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Sampy/Discussions/RSS