Is there a constraint that restricts my generic method to numeric types?

Question

Can anyone tell me if there is a way with generics to limit a generic type argument T to only:

• Int16
• Int32

Answer 1

I would use a generic one which you could handle externaly...

/// 

/// Generic object copy of the same type
/// 
/// The type of object to copy
/// The source object to copy
public T CopyObject(T ObjectSource)
{
    T NewObject = System.Activator.CreateInstance();

    foreach (PropertyInfo p in ObjectSource.GetType().GetProperties())
        NewObject.GetType().GetProperty(p.Name).SetValue(NewObject, p.GetValue(ObjectSource, null), null);

    return NewObject;
}