The following code compiles, but it seems that Microsoft's docs don't mention this particular constraint type at all.
class TestGenericsBase<T1>
{
public virtual void Method1<T>(T arg)
{
}
}
class TestGenerics : TestGenericsBase<object>
{
public override void Method1<T>(T arg)
where T : default // what does this do?
{
}
}
Any idea what does it do? The only clue I have so far is that it only works on methods.
The where clause in a generic definition specifies constraints on the types that are used as arguments for type parameters in a generic type, method, delegate, or local function. Constraints can specify interfaces, base classes, or require a generic type to be a reference, value, or unmanaged type.
Interface Type Constraint You can constrain the generic type by interface, thereby allowing only classes that implement that interface or classes that inherit from classes that implement the interface as the type parameter.
C# allows you to use constraints to restrict client code to specify certain types while instantiating generic types. It will give a compile-time error if you try to instantiate a generic type using a type that is not allowed by the specified constraints.
where T : new() Means that the type T must have a parameter-less constructor. Having this constraint will allow you to do something like T field = new T(); in your code which you wouldn't be able to do otherwise.
SQL Default Constraint is used to assign default values to the SQL table columns. In general, every column accepts either Nulls or a Value. If the user forgot to enter the value, then SQL Server will assign a NULL value to the column. In those cases, we can use the SQL Server Default constraint to replace those Nulls with the default value.
This default constraint can be found in C#9 design proposal for nullable reference types. It was added to disambiguate between class in struct constraints in overriden or explicitly implemented methods for nullable generic parameters T?. More details also can be found in the Unconstrained type parameter annotations proposal
The DEFAULT constraint can also be used to insert system values, by using functions like GETDATE (): CREATE TABLE Orders (ID int NOT NULL, OrderNumber int NOT NULL,
If you don’t know the Default constraint name, use the first SELECT Statement to get all the Constraint name.
This default
constraint can be found in C#9 design proposal for nullable reference types. It was added to disambiguate between class
in struct
constraints in overriden or explicitly implemented methods for nullable generic parameters T?
.
More details also can be found in the Unconstrained type parameter annotations proposal
To allow annotations for type parameters that are not constrained to reference types or value types, C#9 allows a new
where T : default
constraint.
These constraints and annotations are working within nullable contexts
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