For First question define a generic class with where to shared interface such as IEnumerable or without any where clause :
public class MyClass
{
public static string Function1<T>()
{
return typeof(T).FullName;
}
public static string Function2<T>() where T : IEnumerable
{
return typeof(T).FullName;
}
}
And For second one define an Extension Methods :
public static class MyClass_Extensions
{
public static string StaticMethod1(this object obj)
{
return obj?.ToString();
}
public static string StaticMethod2(this IEnumerable obj)
{
return obj?.ToString();
}
}
So we can write this test method:
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine(MyClass.Function1<string>());
Console.WriteLine(MyClass.Function1<IEnumerable<string>>());
Console.WriteLine(MyClass.Function1<IDictionary<string, string>>());
Console.WriteLine(MyClass.Function1<IDictionary<string, IEnumerable<string>>>());
Console.WriteLine(MyClass.Function2<string>());
Console.WriteLine(MyClass.Function2<IEnumerable<string>>());
Console.WriteLine(MyClass.Function2<IDictionary<string, string>>());
Console.WriteLine(MyClass.Function2<IDictionary<string, IEnumerable<string>>>());
// Static Method:
var strObj = "string";
Console.WriteLine(strObj.StaticMethod1());
Console.WriteLine(strObj.StaticMethod2());
IEnumerable<string> listObj = new List<string>();
Console.WriteLine(listObj.StaticMethod1());
Console.WriteLine(listObj.StaticMethod2());
IDictionary<string, string> dicObj = new Dictionary<string, string>();
Console.WriteLine(dicObj.StaticMethod1());
Console.WriteLine(dicObj.StaticMethod2());
IDictionary<string, IEnumerable<string>> dicLisObj = new Dictionary<string, IEnumerable<string>>();
Console.WriteLine(dicLisObj.StaticMethod1());
Console.WriteLine(dicLisObj.StaticMethod2());
}
}
solved Generic type where T can be anything