Generic with multiple classes

Question

I\'m trying to create this generic method to simplify things but I think I messed it up! Can you help with my problem?

This compiles:

private string          


        

Answer 1

You really should not use generics in that case. There are only two options.

So:

string ConcatenateText(Supplier Entity) { ...code...} 
string ConcatenateText(Employee Entity) { ...code...}  

What you can do is unify both with a base class concentrating all common methods.

Say, if both supplier and employee has Name:

class BaseClass
{
    public string Name {get; set;}
}

class Employee : BaseClass
{
    //emplyee stuff except name and other things already in base
}

class Supplier : BaseClass
{
    //supplier stuff except name and other things already in base
}

And then, the method takes BaseClass:

private string ConcatenateText(BaseClass Entity) 
{ 
    //code
}