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

Make a custom Dictionary class:

public class BaseClassDictionary> : Dictionary>
    where T : BaseClass
{
}

Then you can use this specialized dictionary instead as field type:

private BaseClassDictionary> myDictionary;