How generics is used in .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0

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Posted on February 14th , 2012 by Admin

	The term Generics is a concept introduced in .NET 2.0 and these are just like templates in C++. Using generics we can create classes,methods,events, delegates which work with any type (like int,string,myclass etc). In .NET 2.0, System.Collections.Generic namesapce was introduced and it contains classes/interfaces related to generics. Advantages are Performance, Code Reuse, Type Safety. we can create generic classes (which work with any type)in .NET 1.1 by
using System.Object class. But, it requires type casting, boxing and unboxing operations internally. these operations are very expensive. so performace of application will degrade.