Generics in 'NET 2'0

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Generics in .NET 2.0
By Rajib Bahar
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Agenda

• Generic Programming
• Generics in early days
• What is Generics in .NET?
• Demo
• Enforcing constraints in Generics?
• Demo
• Benefits
• Additional Information

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Generic Programming

• Generic Programming is data type independent
  programming. This enables developers to reuse
  same source code regardless of the datatype.
  During the 70s this concept was introduced in
  languages such as CLU and ADA.

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Generic in early days
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What is Generics in .NET?

• Generics are classes, structures, interfaces, and
  methods that have placeholders (type parameters)
  for one or more of the types they store or use.
• Generics in C, VB (and other .NET languages)
  were added as part of .NET Framework 2.0 in
  November 2005. Similar to Java, .NET generics are
  implemented in the runtime and not as a
  conversion from generic types to non-generic
  types in the compiler.

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Demo
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Benefits

• As you may have noticed
• Code Reuse.
• Performance Improvement.
• Type-Safety

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Additional Information

• Resources
• MSDN Documentation
• ADA Power - http//www.adapower.com/rm95.php
• http//www.kamalpatel.net/ConvertCSharp2VB.aspx

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Questions?

• Find out additional details on CLR

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Thank You!