Cast object to T

Question

I\'m parsing an XML file with the XmlReader class in .NET and I thought it would be smart to write a generic parse function to read different attributes generic

Answer 1

Add a 'class' constraint (or more detailed, like a base class or interface of your exepected T objects):

private static T ReadData(XmlReader reader, string value) where T : class
{
    reader.MoveToAttribute(value);
    object readData = reader.ReadContentAsObject();
    return (T)readData;
}

or where T : IMyInterface or where T : new(), etc