Generics Support

As of version 3.1.1915.38 of Code Protector it is now possible to protect methods using generic code constructs. As with previous releases of Code Protector, it is not yet possible to protect generic methods or methods on a generic class; this capability will be delivered in a future release.

So you may now use the following generic constructs in protected code:

• Declaring variables of closed constructed generic types, such as List<string>, List<List<int>> etc.
• Calling methods on closed constructed generic types

   class GenericClass
   {
      void M(T a){}   // parameter of generic class argument type
      void N(List a){}  // parameter of constructed generic type using generic class argument type
   }

   //inside a protected method...
   var a = new GenericClass();
   a.M("Hello World!"); // allowed

• Calling closed generic methods, i.e. methods whose type arguments do not contain any generic parameters

   class NormalClass
   {
        void M(T a){} // parameter of generic method argument type
	void N(List a){} // parameter of constructed generic type using generic method argument type
   }

   //inside a protected method...
   var a = new NormalClass();
   a.M("Hello World!"); // allowed
   a.N(new List(){"Hello", "World", "!"}; // allowed, type inferred

• Calling generic methods that have overloads declared on the same type with the same number of generic type parameters and method parameters e.g.

   class NormalClass
   {
	void M(Func a){}
	void M(List a){}
   }

   //inside protected method...
   var a = new NormalClass();
   a.M(() => "Hello World!")// allowed
   a.N(new List(){"Hello", "World", "!"}; // allowed