DataBind Formview to function with progrmatic type

[DanInManchester]

I'm trying to databind a formview to the following two functions.
Is there an easy way to do this?
ODS doesnt like the "of configtype as new"


Public Shared Function GetConfig(Of configtype As New)() As configtype

End Function

Public Shared Function SetConfig(ByVal configItem As Object) As Boolean

End Function