Why can't my view's model bind with my generic ViewModel which implements an interface? (ASP.NET MVC 3)

Question

I\'m trying to pass my View an instance of the following ViewModel:

public class CompanyListViewModel where T : ICompany
{
    public IEnumerable<         


        

Answer 1

What you're trying to accomplish should be possible by using an Interface for the ViewModel class and declaring the Generic type as Covariant. Like this:

interface ICompanyListViewModel where T : ICompany
{
}

That way you could also get away with an abstract class instead of an interface for Company.