Some help Generics

[Rauland]

Hi Thanks,

I eventualy opted for an easier approach sth like:

List<dog> dogs;
List<car> cars;

private void LoadList(string str)
{
switch(str)
{
case dog:
            dogs = new List<dog>();
            dogs.add(new dog("jimmy"));
            break;
case car:
            cars = new List<car>()
            ,....
            ,..
}
}
}

It would be great though to somehow combine your code with this approach;

Sth like:

Private List<T> LoadList<T>(T type)
{
Problem (1)
switch(type.GetType())
{
case dog.GetType():
      List<T> dogList = new List<T>();
      problem(2)("Would like to add dog items")
      return dogList;


case car.GetType():
break;
}

But, run into problems.
1) First I find I can´t do a Switch based on a variable´s type.
2) I can only return an empty List<T>. So if the type is "Car", I will only be able to return an empty,List<Car>, I mean by empty, with no Car items.
I can´t add Car items to the list from within the switch, as I would need Car objects, and I can´t add them to a List<T> type.

Maybe I am over complicating things, but just would like to learn how to do things in a different way,..
Thanks!