I have a method where I'd like to use a Rectangle
optional parameter with default value of (1,1,1,1).
void Method(int i, int j = 1, Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(1,1,1,1)) {} //error
How do I resolve this? (I'm using XNA, so it's a Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Rectangle
.)
You don't. optional parameters must be compile time constants, and new Rectangle(1,1,1,1)
isn't a compile time constant.
You could have two method overloads, one that doesn't have a rectangle:
void Method(int i, int j = 1)
{
Method(i, j, new Rectangle(1,1,1,1))
}
I just found a better way:
void MyMethod(string someString, Rectangle rect = default(Rectangle))
{
if (rect == default(Rectangle))
rect = new Rectangle(1, 1, 1, 1);
}
There may only be one problem: when the default and passed values match, it will still be true for == default(T)
. But one workaround is to pass null
and check for that to set it to default value ot type.