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>>(1) Generics are nice and fine, but sometimes the mind needs a boost to see how to put them together
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>I think mine needs more than a boost - maybe a complete re-wire :-}
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>>(2)
>>Can you move Initialize(u); into the parent class ? ( I may be wrong - difficult to follow the class/subclass/generic logic when you didn't write it yourself)
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>'Initialize((U) tm);' works - but I think it's six of one / half dozen of the other ?
>Regards,
>Viv



The way I was looking at it, is just that specifying :base() in the constructor is sufficient. You do not have to remember to call Initialize() the next time you subclass it


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>>Parent
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>>>        public BaseTVItemViewModel(Interfaces.IsTreeModel<U> tm)
>>>        {
>>>            _treeModel = tm;
>>              Initialize(tm);
>>>        }
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>>Then the constructor of the derived class would become
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>>>        public UIItemTVModel(UIItem u)
>>>            : base(u)
>>>        {
>>>          //  not needed  Initialize(u);
>>>        }
>>>
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