Can't Use Generic C# Class in Using Statement

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Published on 2010-06-03T05:39:59Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 5:44 UTC
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I'm trying to use a generic class in a using statement but the compiler can't seem to treat it as implementing IDisposable.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data.Objects;

namespace Sandbox
{
    public sealed class UnitOfWorkScope<T> where T : ObjectContext, IDisposable, new()
    {
        public void Dispose()
        {
        }
    }

    public class MyObjectContext : ObjectContext, IDisposable
    {
        public MyObjectContext() : base("DummyConnectionString") { }

        #region IDisposable Members

        void IDisposable.Dispose()
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        #endregion
    }

    public class Consumer
    {
        public void DoSomething()
        {
            using (new UnitOfWorkScope<MyObjectContext>())
            {
            }
        }
    }
}

Compiler error is:

Error 1 'Sandbox.UnitOfWorkScope<Sandbox.MyObjectContext>': type used in a using statement must be implicitly convertible to 'System.IDisposable'

I implemented IDisposable on UnitOfWorkScope (and to see if that was the problem, also on MyObjectContext).

What am I missing?

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