C#•2y ago

✅ How to return null in a generalized method?

So I've got this general method that is being used in a lot of functions that I'm using to return a database call through API calls, and I've got this method for it:

public static async Task<T?> ResultResponse<T>(this HttpResponseMessage result, string message)
    {
        if (!result.IsSuccessStatusCode) return null;
        string responseBody = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
        return responseBody
            .Contains(message,
                StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)
            ? null
            : JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(responseBody);
    }

public static async Task<T?> ResultResponse<T>(this HttpResponseMessage result, string message)
    {
        if (!result.IsSuccessStatusCode) return null;
        string responseBody = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
        return responseBody
            .Contains(message,
                StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)
            ? null
            : JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(responseBody);
    }

However I apparently can't return null on this type T? is there any way I can still return null here? Should I make Task<object> instead?

2 Replies

malkavOP•2y ago

So any class (data model) I pass in T will then be returned as a new instance of that class? Because the idea is for it to return a null instead of that class 😅 there are however, I think 5 or 6 different classes I could pass in there. ah okay I was trying to build constraints though, but I'd have to make a where T : x OR y OR z ... thing I tried this:

where T : ICollection<Assignment>, ICollection<MonthlyHours>, ICollection<Invoice>, ICollection<CUser>, BaseModel, Assignment, MonthlyHours, Invoice, CUser

but obviously that'll break 😅

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✅ How to return null in a generalized method?