I have these 2 interfaces:
public interface IFilterHelper<T>
{
void Filter(ISearchModel<T> model, ref IQueryable<T> dbModel);
}
public interface ISearchModel<T>
{
IQueryable<T> GetDBModel(DbContext db);
}
And these 2 implementations
public class UserSearchModel : ISearchModel<ApplicationUser>
{
public IQueryable<ApplicationUser> GetDBModel(DbContext db)
{
return db.Users.Where(u => true); //something like this
}
}
public class UserFilterHelper : IFilterHelper<ApplicationUser>
{
public void Filter(UserSearchModel model, ref IQueryable<ApplicationUser> dbModel)
{
}
}
However I get the error 'UserFilterHelper' does not implement interface member 'IFilterHelper<ApplicationUser>.Filter(ISearchModel<ApplicationUser>, ref IQueryable<ApplicationUser>)'
But when I change UserSearchModel with ISearchModel<ApplicationUser>, it compiles successfully. I know I can cast it and get it to work but why does it give me that error. As you can see the UserSearchModel class implements the interface ISearchModel<ApplicationUser>. What am I missing?
The interface explicitly requires ISearchModel<ApplicationUser> and even though UserSearchModel implements ISearchModel<ApplicationUser> it isn't the only one that could. I could create a class SuperUserSearchModel that also would implement the same interface.
So trying to write public void Filter(UserSearchModel model, ref IQueryable<ApplicationUser> dbModel) means you are restricting the implementation of the interface.
To make it work you would have to design your interface like this:
public interface IFilterHelper<T, R> where R : ISearchModel<T>
{
void Filter(R model, ref IQueryable<T> dbModel);
}
public class UserFilterHelper : IFilterHelper<ApplicationUser, UserSearchModel>
{
public void Filter(UserSearchModel model, ref IQueryable<ApplicationUser> dbModel)
{
}
}
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