c# - Generic Return Type -

i write class provides me decrypted values given domain model. following logic works fine, don't know declare in place of xxxxxx.

sample domain model:

public class emp {     public string empname{get;set;} } 

i call decryptbyobject method like:

var x = decryptbyobject(emp,key); 

decryptbyobject method:

public xxxxx decryptbyobject(xxxxxx myobject, string decryptkey) {     type t = myobject.gettype();             foreach (memberinfo mi in t.getmembers())     {         try         {             if (mi.membertype == membertypes.property)             {                 string value = ((propertyinfo)mi).getvalue(myobject).tostring();                 var bytes = convert.frombase64string(value);                 var decryvalue = machinekey.unprotect(bytes, decryptkey);                 ((propertyinfo)mi).setvalue(myobject, encoding.utf8.getstring(decryvalue));             }         }         catch (exception ex) { }     }      return myobject; } 

you should use below.

public t decryptbyobject<t>(t myobject, string decryptkey) {     type t = myobject.gettype();     propertyinfo prop = t.getproperty("items");     object list = prop.getvalue(myobject);      foreach (memberinfo mi in t.getmembers())     {         try         {             if (mi.membertype == membertypes.property)             {                 string value = ((propertyinfo)mi).getvalue(myobject).tostring();                 var bytes = convert.frombase64string(value);                 var decryvalue = machinekey.unprotect(bytes, decryptkey);                 ((fieldinfo)mi).setvalue(myobject, encoding.utf8.getstring(decryvalue));             }         }         catch (exception ex) { }     }       return myobject; }