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copied!<p>The short answer is no. There isn't an equivalent feature in C#.</p> <p>A workaround, from <a href="http://www.25hoursaday.com/CsharpVsJava.html#generics" rel="noreferrer">C# from a Java developer's perspective</a> by Dare Obasanjo:</p> <p>In certain cases, one may need create a method that can operate on data structures containing any type as opposed to those that contain a specific type (e.g. a method to print all the objects in a data structure) while still taking advantage of the benefits of strong typing in generics. The mechanism for specifying this in C# is via a feature called generic type inferencing while in Java this is done using wildcard types. The following code samples show how both approaches lead to the same result.</p> <p>C# Code</p> <pre><code>using System; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; class Test{ //Prints the contents of any generic Stack by //using generic type inference public static void PrintStackContents<T>(Stack<T> s){ while(s.Count != 0){ Console.WriteLine(s.Pop()); } } public static void Main(String[] args){ Stack<int> s2 = new Stack<int>(); s2.Push(4); s2.Push(5); s2.Push(6); PrintStackContents(s2); Stack<string> s1 = new Stack<string>(); s1.Push("One"); s1.Push("Two"); s1.Push("Three"); PrintStackContents(s1); } } </code></pre> <p>Java Code</p> <pre><code>import java.util.*; class Test{ //Prints the contents of any generic Stack by //specifying wildcard type public static void PrintStackContents(Stack<?> s){ while(!s.empty()){ System.out.println(s.pop()); } } public static void main(String[] args){ Stack <Integer> s2 = new Stack <Integer>(); s2.push(4); s2.push(5); s2.push(6); PrintStackContents(s2); Stack<String> s1 = new Stack<String>(); s1.push("One"); s1.push("Two"); s1.push("Three"); PrintStackContents(s1); } } </code></pre>

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