C#'s equivalent of Java's wildcard

Question

If it exists, what is the C# equivalent of the following Java code:

new HashMap, Integer>();

I currently

Answer 1

Was looking into this same problem and this poor man's checker is the best thing I could come up with:

class MyValue {
    public Type Type { get; private set; }

    private MyValue(Type type)
    {
        this.Type = type;
    }

    public MyValue of() where T : BaseClass
    {
        return new MyValue(typeof(T));
    }
}

IDictionary myDictionary = new Dictionary()
{
    { 1, MyValue.of(); },
    { 2, MyValue.of(); },
    { 3, MyValue.of(); }, // this causes a compile error
};