In C#: How to declare a generic Dictionary with a type as key and an IEnumerable<> of that type as value?

Question

I want to declare a dictionary that stores typed IEnumerable\'s of a specific type, with that exact type as key, like so: (Edited to follow johny g\'s comment)<

Answer 1

You don't constrain T in the private member; you constrain it at the class level.

class Foo where T : BaseClass
{
    private IDictionary> _dataOfType;

    public Foo(IDictionary> dataOfType)
    {
        this._dataOfType = dataOfType;
    }   
}