Generics in .NET framework - Language Integrate Query (LINQ) study series (III)

July 29, 2016

Generics - article reading:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms172192(v=vs.110).aspx

Notes:

Advantages:

code reusability and type safety 

Better performance - no need to box the value types

type-safe callbacks

lightweight dynamic methods vs entire assemblies 

compiler will help to do type safety - enforce at compile time 

The need for type casting and the possibility of run-time errors are reduced. 

Generics streamline dynamically generated code. 

placeholder (type parameters) for one or more of the type that they store or use.