[Solved]-Extension method with generic Func parameter of other type-LINQ,C#

When you call a generic method in C# you can explicitly declare all of the generic type parameters or you can have them all inferred, but you cannot have some explicitly declared and some inferred.

So, if I had this method:

public void Foo<X, Y>(X x, Y y)
{
    /* Do somethhing */
}

Then here's what works and what doesn't:

int a = 42;
string b = "Hello, World!";

// Legal
Foo(a, b);
Foo<int, string>(a, b);

//Illegal
Foo<int>(a, b);

The best you can do is move the first generic parameter up to the class level, but not it won't work as an extension method. Nevertheless you may like this approach.

public static class Class<TSource>
{
    public static bool Method<TIn, TKey>(
        TSource p_Value,
        Expression<Func<TIn, TKey>> p_OutExpression) 
    {
        return true;
    }
}

Now you can call it like this:

Expression<Func<long, decimal>> f =
    l => (decimal)l;

var result = Class<int>.Method(a, f);

But as I say, it won't work as an extension method now.

I found that another solution would be to create another method that takes in argument a type.

For instance:

Void Extension(Type p_Type, [THE TYPE] p_Params)
{
    MethodInfo realExtensionMethod = typeof([CLASS CONTAINING THE METHOD]).GetMethod("RealExtension");
    realExtensionMethod = realExtensionMethod.MakeGenericMethod(p_Type);
    realExtensionMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] {p_Type, p_Params });
}

Void RealExtension<TYPE>(params)
{

}

Then at usage time:

Type objectType = typeof(myOtherObject);
myFirstObject.Extension(objectType, other => other.Prop );