Trying to reduce code duplication in a project which wraps a modern Wcf interface around an old Dll which used to power an Asmx web service.
I'm trying to write a generic helper method which takes 4 types (Old and New versions of the Input and Output types), the input document and a Func pointing at the method in the old dll.
private static WcfOutType WrapCallAroundOldBl<WcfOutType, WcfInType, LinqOutType, LinqInType>(WcfInType input, Func<LinqInType, LinqOutType> method)
Thought I could do something like this:
var output = WrapCallAroundOldBl<
WcfOutputTypeName,
WcfINputTypeName,
LinqToXsdOutputTypeName,
LinqToXsdInputTypeName>(input, Our.Old.Dll.Methods.MethodName);
return output;
But I get:
cannot convert from 'method group' to 'System.Func<OutputTypeName, InputTypeName>'
This works:
var output = WrapCallAroundOldBl<
WcfOutputTypeName,
WcfINputTypeName,
LinqToXsdOutputTypeName,
LinqToXsdInputTypeName>(input, i => Our.Old.Dll.Methods.MethodName(i));
return output;
But I was wondering is there is anyway to turn these "method groups" directly into the Func. Just extract the delegate somehow.