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If both CCG_OrderData and CCG_ReceivedOrders had a common class they inherit from then you could use casting BUT the generic method suggested by kaufmed above is neater.<br />
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ps. &nbsp;If you look closely you will see JsonConvert.DeserializeObj<wbr />ect that you use is using the same, generic, technique.
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If both CCG_OrderData and CCG_ReceivedOrders had a common class they inherit from then you could use casting BUT the generic method suggested by kaufmed above is neater.

ps.  If you look closely you will see JsonConvert.DeserializeObject that you use is using the same, generic, technique.

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perfect, just what I was looking for
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I have the following two functions, their only difference is the <i>type</i> that it returns. is there any simple way to combine these two functions into a single function and pass the data type as a parameter?<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28602483-1">        public List&lt;CCG_OrderData&gt; getCCG_ItemData(string url)
        {
            string jsonData = AddBracketsToJsonString(getJsonData(url));
            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject&lt;List&lt;CCG_OrderData&gt;&gt;(jsonData);
        }

        public List&lt;CCG_ReceivedOrders&gt; getCCG_ItemData2(string url)
        {
            string jsonData = AddBracketsToJsonString(getJsonData(url));
            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject&lt;List&lt;CCG_ReceivedOrders&gt;&gt;(jsonData);
        }</code></pre>
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I have the following two functions, their only difference is the type that it returns. is there any simple way to combine these two functions into a single function and pass the data type as a parameter?

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pass data type into function

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