I want to filter objects in a List<ISeries>
using their type, using OfType<>. My problem is, that some objects are of a generic interface type, but they do not have a common inherited interface of their own.
I have the following definitions:
public interface ISeries
public interface ITraceSeries<T> : ISeries
public interface ITimedSeries : ISeries
//and some more...
My list contains all kinds of ISeries
, but now I want to get only the ITraceSeries
objects, regardless of their actually defined generic type parameter, like so:
var filteredList = myList.OfType<ITraceSeries<?>>(); //invalid argument!
How can I do that?
An unfavored solution would be to introduce a type ITraceSeries
that inherits from ISeries
:
public interface ITraceSeries<T> : ITraceSeries
Then, use ITraceSeries
as filter. But this does not really add new information, but only make the inheritance chain more complicated.
It seems to me like a common problem, but I did not find useful information on SO or the web. Thanks for help!