Re: Method that returns List

Thanks for that input. I'll be sure to try it out when I get
back into the office.

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> Anyways, we have a service contract for IReporting, and
a ReportManager implementation class.
>
> public IList<ReportType> GetReport(string
reportName, Criteria c);

Rather than exposing and requiring a base class, you should
REALLY
expose an interface for your contract.  That way nobody
_has_ to
inherit from the base class... and then the list can be
IList<IReportType> which would be much better.

Marc

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