Wildcard equivalent in C# generics

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Generics in C# make stronger guarantees than generics in Java. Therefore, to do what you want in C#, you have to let the GeneralPropertyMap<T> class inherit from a non-generic version of that class (or interface).

public class GeneralPropertyMap<T> : GeneralPropertyMap
{
}

public class GeneralPropertyMap
{
    // Only you can implement it:
    internal GeneralPropertyMap() { }
}

Now you can do:

private void TakeGeneralPropertyMap(GeneralPropertyMap[] maps)
{
}

And:

GeneralPropertyMap[] maps = new GeneralPropertyMap[3];
maps[0] = new GeneralPropertyMap<String>();
maps[1] = new GeneralPropertyMap<Integer>();
maps[2] = new GeneralPropertyMap<Double>();
TakeGeneralPropertyMap(maps);

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