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 the way you mention a generic method in C#.

When you define a generic method you code like this:

return-type MethodName(parameter-list)

When you call a generic method, the compiler usually infers the type parameter from the arguments specified, like this example:

Array.ForEach(myArray, Console.WriteLine);

In this example, if "myArray" is a string array, it'll call Array.ForEach and if it's an int array, it'll call Array.ForEach.

Sometimes, it's impossible for the compiler to infer the type from the parameters (just like your example, where there are no parameters at all). In these cases, you have to specify them manually like that.