To use your generic class with iBATIS, just use the following syntax in your 
alias:

 

  <alias>

    <typeAlias alias="List" 
type="Northwind.Entities.TList`1[Northwind.Entities.Categories], 
Northwind.Entities" />

  </alias>

 

Nicolas

 

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De : Clough, Samuel (USPC.PRG.Atlanta) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Envoyé : jeudi 31 mai 2007 17:00
À : [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Objet : RE: <typeAlias> support for C# Generics?

 

Since no one else has chimed in, I don't know if type alias supports generics 
or not, I've never tried it.  It might be worth browsing the code to see if 
it's immediately obvious if there's anything in there for it.

 

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From: Tony Selke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:08 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: <typeAlias> support for C# Generics?

I have a problem that I either don't understand or which isn't currently 
supported by the iBATIS DataMapper (v.1.6.1).  Any insight or recommendations 
are greatly appreciated.

 

I use a heavily customized, generic BindingList as the collection for all of my 
entity classes.  For reference, the type and its super-class are shown below:

 

 

public class TList<T> : ListBase<T> where T : IEntity, new()

 

public abstract class ListBase<T> : 

   BindingList<T>, IBindingListView, IBindingList, 

   IList, ICloneable, IListSource, ITypedList, 

   IDisposable, IComponent, IRaiseItemChangedEvents, 

   IDeserializationCallback

 

 

If we use the traditional Northwind-based example, I have the following sqlMap 
alias section in the config file associated with the Category entity/table:

 

 

<sqlMap namespace="Northwind.Entities.Categories" . . . >

  <alias>

    <typeAlias alias="Instance" type="Northwind.Entities.Categories, 
Northwind.Entities" />

    <typeAlias alias="List" type="Northwind.Entities.TList&lt;Categories&gt;, 
Northwind.Entities" />

  </alias>

. . .

</sqlMap>

 

 

When I try to initialize the mapper instance like so: 

 

ISqlMapper map = Mapper.Instance();

 

I get the following inner exception:

 

"Could not load type from string value 'Northwind.Entities.TList<Categories>, 
Northwind.Entities'.":""

 

 

I am guessing that the issue has to do with how the SqlMapper is using 
reflection to check/instantiate each typeAlias.  The reflection code for 
dealing with generics is a bit more involved than a simple Assembly.LoadFrom() 
and Assembly.CreateInstance().  More details with an example can be seen here:

 

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b8ytshk6.aspx

 

While I can probably get around this issue by having "collection classes" that 
inherit from a typed-instance of my TList<T>, it sort of defeats much of the 
purpose of the generic concept.  Is there something I am missing?  Is there a 
way to do this without "hacking around" it?

 

Tony

 

 

 

 

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