Working with dynamic Control Using Generic

[sovan]

Suppose I want to write a method that can accept any Control like GridView, DetailsView etc as parameter and will make their visibility False, make them null etc.

So I write a method :

private void MakeObjectNull<T>(ref T obj)
{

}

And try to call it in the following way :

MakeObjectNull<DetailsView>(ref DetailsView1);

Can anyone tell me what I should write in the method "MakeObjectNull" to do the following operation like :
obj.Visible = false; obj.Dispose(); obj=null; etc

[praetor]

You don't need a function for that. Just call the methods of the object.

[dhtmlgod]

private void MakeObjectNull<TControl>(TControl obj)
   where TControl : Control
 {
      // Because we are expecting something that inherits from teh WebControl class,
// we are able to access all Control properties
       obj.Visible = false;
 
   var disposable = obj as IDisposable;
 
   if ( disposable != null )
      disposable.Dispose();
 }

[praetor]

If we dispose the object why setting visible to false?
I'm assuming the control was removed from the tree.

[sovan]

Thanks.
It works fine.