How can I pass in a func with a generic type parameter?

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You cannot have instances of generic functions or actions – all type parameters are defined upfront and cannot be redefined by the caller.

An easy way would be to avoid polymorphism altogether by relying on down-casting:

public void SomeUtility(Func<Type, object, object> converter)
{
    var myType = (MyType)converter(typeof(MyType), "foo");
}

If you want type safety, you need to defer the definition of the type parameters to the caller. You can do this by composing a generic method within an interface:

public void SomeUtility(IConverter converter)
{
    var myType = converter.Convert<MyType>("foo");
}

interface IConverter
{
   T Convert<T>(object obj);
}

Edit:

If the ‘converter type’ is known at the call-site, and only this type will be used inside the utility method, then you can define a generic type on the method and use that, just like other posters have suggested.

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