C# Generic Interface Example

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Example

class Serializer1 { public string Name { get; set; } };

class Serializer2 { public string Name { get; set; } };

interface GenericSerializer<T>

{

      string Name(T tValue);

}

class Serializer<T>: GenericSerializer<T>

{

public string Name(T tValue)

        {

            var prop = tValue.GetType().GetProperty("Name");

            return prop.GetValue(tValue, null) as string;

        }

}

Serializer1 s1 = new Serializer1() { Name = "Serializer1" };

Serializer2 s2 = new Serializer2() { Name = "Serializer2" };

Serializer<Serializer1> serializer1 = new Serializer<Serializer1>();

string name1 = serializer1.Name(s1);

Serializer<Serializer2> serializer2 = new Serializer<Serializer2>();

string name2 = serializer2.Name(s2);