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How to determine whether T is a value type or reference class in generic?

Asked 2011-09-28T08:23:37.900
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I have a generic method behavior of which depends on T is reference type or value type. It looks so:

T SomeGenericMethod <T> (T obj)
{
  if (T is class) //What condition I must write in the brackets?
   //to do one stuff
  else //if T is a value type like struct, int, enum and etc.
   //to do another stuff
}

I can't duplicate this method like:

T SomeGenericMethod <T> (T obj) where T : class
{
 //Do one stuff
}

T SomeGenericMethod <T> (T obj) where T : struct
{
 //Do another stuff
}

because their signatures are equal. Can anyone help me?

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[The following answer does not check the static type of T but the dynamic type of obj. This is not exactly what you asked for, but since it might be useful for your problem anyway, I'll keep this answer for reference.]

All value types (and only those) derive from System.ValueType. Thus, the following condition can be used:

if (obj is ValueType) {
    ...
} else {
    ...
}
answered 2011-09-28T08:26:24.940

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