Calling a generic method with the correct derived type

Question

I have the following scenario:

I have three classes, let\'s call them A, B and C. All they have in common is that they inherit fro

Answer 1

You could use reflection to get the generic method definition and then call it, eg:

var method = typeof(ClassContainingProcessEntity)
    .GetMethod(ProcessEntity)
    .MakeGenericMethod(entity.GetType);
method.Invoke(this, entity);

You could cache the method by type, and you could compile it at runtime using some kind of delegate factory if performance is critical.

Alternatively you could use the Visitor pattern