What does Method mean?

Question

I\'ve seen this syntax a couple times now, and it\'s beginning to worry me,

For example:

iCalendar iCal = new iCalendar();
Event evt = iCal.Create

        

Answer 1

It's calling a generic method - so in your case, the method may be declared like this:

public T Create()

You can specify the type argument in the angle brackets, just as you would for creating an instance of a generic type:

List list = new List();

Does that help?

One difference between generic methods and generic types is that the compiler can try to infer the type argument. For instance, if your Create method were instead:

public T Copy(T original)

you could just call

Copy(someEvent);

and the compiler would infer that you meant:

Copy(someEvent);