C# Static types cannot be used as parameters

Question

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Answer 1

A workaround to passing static parameters is to pass it as an object.

Function:

public static void HoldKey(object key)
{
   ...
}

Call function:

Function(static param);

Answer 2

You can wrap static types around an interface or another non-static class and add that as the parameter. Not ideal but a way around it. Or simply just reference the static type in the method body itself.

Answer 3

You can't pass a static type to a method as a parameter because then it would have to be instantiated, and you can't create an instance of a static class.

Answer 4

Use a different type for the argument.

A method argument needs to be of a type that can accept a reference to an instance, so it can't be a static class.

Answer 5

Send a static class as the type of the parameter and then give it a variable name for use in the function. This works because the new variable is a reference to the static class. It is necessary to address the global variable problem. If you use a static class as a variable inside a method, you need to pass it in as a parameter, to avoid the global variable issue. This is basic structured programming 101 from the 80's.

Answer 6

The best deal is definitely to remove the last parameter. Since type is static you don't need a reference to an instance and you can refer to its members from your function body.