Creating a new object where his type is passed to a method

Question

Hello,

I am trying such code. I want to create a new object and add it to the list, but the class of the object is passed to the method.

        public List<T> GetDataList<T>(T dataObject)
        {
            var dataList = new List<T>();

            var newDataObject = new T();

            dataList .Add(newDataObject );

                        return dataList;

               }

Line: var newDataObject = new T(); doesnt work.
Is it possible to do my task, and how?

Answer 1

Hi, Your code must look like this:

  public List<T> GetDataList<T>(T dataObject)
  {
    var dataList = new List<T>();

    var newDataObject = (T)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T), dataObject);

    dataList.Add(newDataObject);

    return dataList;

  }