Property type depends on enum value

How should i implement, in C#, a class containing a property with the type of something and then that something example :

public class MyObject{
    public someEnum e { get; set;}
    public Object ObjectDependentOnE { get; set; }
}

I want to be able to return the right type for my object which depends on my enum. for example if e = 1, my object is of type T1...

or maybe I trying to do somethng wrong

any idea?

From stackoverflow

• I am unsure of what you are really trying to do, but it appears that generics is what you are looking for:

  public class MyObject<T>
  {
     public T SomeProperty{get;set;}
  }
  

  You can constraint T to classes that implement a given interface.

  Usage would be:

  MyObject<SomethingClass> something = new MyObject<SomethingClass>;
  

  moi_meme : That what not exactly what i had in mind but i guess it'll have to do

• I'm not sure what your use case would be - more information might help answer this better, but from my guess, you may want to consider making a factory class instead. Something like:

  class MyClass
  {
      public SomeEnum E { get; set; }
      // This might be better as : public Object GetTheObject(SomeEnum E) and eliminating the above property
      public Object GetTheObject()
      {
           switch(this.E)
           {
           case E.Something:
              return new MySomethingObject(); // Or return an instance that already exists...?
           default:
              return new MyDefaultObject();
           }
      }
  }
  

  This could also be a property with a getter and setter, and get and set the specific object type.

  However, I recommend considering rethinking the approach - this seems like a very error-prone design, since it has no type safety at compile time, and is very confusing from the consumer's POV.