circular generic type parameters

Question

I have 2 generic classes, a BaseComponent Class, and a BaseManager class.

They\'re both abstract and are intended to be made concrete.

Answer 1

It sounds like you might want to have two generic type parameters:

public abstract class BaseManager
    where TComponent : BaseComponent
    where TManager : BaseManager
public abstract class BaseComponent
    where TComponent : BaseComponent
    where TManager : BaseManager

Yes, it's smelly - but that's the sort of thing I've done in Protocol Buffers.

So then you'd have:

public class PhysicsManager : BaseManager

public class PhysicsComponent : BaseComponent