How can I use interface as a C# generic type constraint?

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The closest you can do (except for your base-interface approach) is “where T : class“, meaning reference-type. There is no syntax to mean “any interface”.

This (“where T : class“) is used, for example, in WCF to limit clients to service contracts (interfaces).

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