How to pass a dictionary as a parameter when I do not need dictionary types?

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But I want to ignore the types in the dictionary, since I plan to call the ToString () method for each key and value.

I think this should not be a problem, but I can’t figure out how to go into an untyped dictionary without considering it just as an Object ... any ideas?

[EDIT] Add working code snippet: It works - thanks twoflower

public string DumpDictionary<TKey, TElement>(IDictionary<TKey, TElement> dictionary) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); foreach (var v in dictionary) { sb.AppendLine(v.Key.ToString() + ":" + v.Value.ToString()); } return sb.ToString(); } 

Answer 1

How about just

 void DumpDictionary<TKey, TElement>(IDictionary<TKey, TElement> dictionary) { ... } 

You can then call this without type arguments, since they will be output (in most cases):

 var dictionary = new Dictionary<long, MyClass>(); ... DumpDictionary(dictionary);