Beginning C# 3.0

Chapter 12. Generics

This chapter discusses generics, a feature that has been a part of C# since its 2005 release. While Microsoft still has a few hiccups to remove, generics have the potential to save you a ton of programming effort. In this chapter, you will learn about the following:

1. Generics

2. The advantages generics offer

3. Boxing and unboxing

4. Runtime type checking

5. Interfaces

6. Recursion

Generics offer you a way to stretch your programming time in ways that just make sense. Let's examine what this relatively new OOP feature has to offer.