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Hello!

I have a scenario as follows:
C#
public class Envelope
{

public string MessageId {get;}

public abstract Stream GetStream() 

}


C#
public class Envelope<T> : Envelope
{
public T Body {get;}
}


I have another 2 classes called MessageBus and MessageSender that is responsible to manage and transmit the message to entire application services.

C#
public class MessageBus
{

public void Send(Envelope message)
{
sender.Dispatch(message);
}

}

public class MessageSender
{

public void Dispatch(Envelope message)
{

// THE PROBLEM IS HERE!!!!!
// HOW DO I IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF BODY? 
// On Envelope (base class) the property Body is missing and i can't get the type 
// to try create instance of change type .. and i need to pass body as parameter to 
// another method
}
}


Sorry for my bad english and thank you very much for your time :)

What I have tried:

Reflection can be work, but i trying to solve it with a more 'elegant' way.
Posted
Updated 22-Jul-16 3:47am

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and i need to pass body as parameter to another method
That other method needs to be generic, too; or at least accept a type compatible with T. Otherwise, the encapsulation in the generic class does not make sense.
 
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You should probably add the following function to your Envelope class:
C#
public abstract Type GetBodyType();


And then implement it in the derived class Envelope<T>:
C#
return typeof(T);


Or maybe you need to reconsider the whole design... Are you trying to convert a pattern from another language?
 
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What is the benefit of generics here? These can be overused and then you get into situations like this. Can you not just stick the body in the non-generic Envelope as type object?

Moreover, presuming some sort of serialization will be required in order to dispatch this thing on a message bus, perhaps there is a base interface or something you can use as the type of Body?
 
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Check this link. Hope it gives you a clue.

c# - How to get the type of T from a generic List - Stack Overflow[^]
 
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