C# using an object as an Type in SQLite for UWP

Question

I'm trying to make one function that can take an object as a parameter

    public static List<T> Get_DataList_DataFromSystem<T>(object DataNeeded, string BaseTypeString)
    {
          Type baseType = DataNeeded.GetType();
          SQliteConnector.GetInstance.conn.Table<baseType>();
    }

using SQliteConnector.GetInstance.conn.Table(); i want to able to use the parameter DataNeeded that is passed into the function.

SQliteConnector.GetInstance gets an instance of the (SQLiteConnection( new SQLitePlatformWinRT(), path );)

SQliteConnector.GetInstance.conn.Table(); requires a class to be passed in

Answer 1

Generic methods require the type to be known at compile time, whereas GetType() is executed at runtime.

This is what you're after:

public static List<T> Get_DataList_DataFromSystem<T>(T DataNeeded, string BaseTypeString) where T : class
{
      SQliteConnector.GetInstance.conn.Table<T>();
}

The type of DataNeeded can then be inferred at compile time, based on the type of object that is passed to the method.