>>Hi Gregory and thanks, I should have been clearer, I don't want an instance of the class I need its type , what I need to do is get a List(T) from a Generic(T) class , the generic class expects a class of type IMyInterFace to create and populate a List(T) I show a code snippet below
>>
>>
>>I create it like this at the moment
>>
>>if(some condition)
>> XLToList(MyClass) xlist = new XLToList(MyClass)();
>>else
>> XLToList(MyOtherClass) xlist2 = new XLToList(MyOtherClass)();
>>
>>
>>public class XlToList(T) where T : ITariffDataImport, new()
>> {
>> public delegate void Notify(object sender, CSVEventargs e);
>> public delegate void NotifyEveryRecord(int RecordNumber);
>> public event Notify OnFinishedProcessing;
>> public event Notify OnFoundBadTariff;
>> public event Notify OnFoundStartingRow;
>> public event NotifyEveryRecord OnProcessingRecords;
>>
>>
>> private Type thistype = typeof(T);
>>
>> private List(T) data;
>>
>> public List(T) Data
>> {
>> get
>> {
>> return data;
>> }
>> set
>> {
>> data = value;
>> }
>> }
>>>>
>>and the class uses T to create types and class instances etc... any clearer ? ( sorry I've used parentheses instead of angle brackets because of the UT limitations.)
>>
>>Thanks again Greg
>
>I've got this, Pete
>
>The Data member of XlToList is a list of the interface
>
>You have to cast - see constructor of XlToList
>
>
> static class Test_GenericInterface
> {
> internal static void Go()
> {
> List<ITest> xlist;
>
> if (true)
> xlist = new XlToList<ClassA>().Data;
> else
> xlist = new XlToList<ClassB>().Data;
>
> }
>
> }
> public class XlToList<T> where T : ITest, new()
> {
> public delegate void NotifyEveryRecord(int RecordNumber);
> public event NotifyEveryRecord OnProcessingRecords;
>
>
> private Type thistype = typeof(T);
>
> private List<ITest> data;
>
> public List<ITest> Data
> {
> get
> {
> return data;
> }
> set
> {
> data = value;
> }
> }
> public XlToList()
> {
> data = new List<ITest>();
> data.Add( (ITest)new T());
> }
> }
> public interface ITest
> {
> int Get();
> }
> public class ClassA : ITest
> {
>
> public int Get()
> {
> return 1;
> }
>
> }
> public class ClassB : ITest
> {
>
> public int Get()
> {
> return 3;
> }
> }
>But you're can't assign a List of ClassA to xlist.Data can you ?
