.net - Can Generics be used with Silverlight? -

i have user control displays objects of client-declared type specialized behavior. use generics. however, i'm not sure how declare in xaml:

<local:editablelistbox x:name="sectionlist" margin="56,8,15,0" fontsize="64" selectionchanged="sectionlist_selectionchanged" /> 

listbox uses object members, makes me think perhaps there's no way have type safety here. or there?

(i'm building windows phone 7 app, if makes difference.)

update: i'm totally fine not having generics in xaml, i'm still trying figure out how set in code-behind. parameterized everything, it's still complaining.

code behind:

public partial class editablelistbox<t> : usercontrol, inotifypropertychanged t : ieditablelistmember {      public editablelistbox()     {         // error: name 'initializecomponent' not exist in current context         initializecomponent();         loaded += new routedeventhandler(editablelistbox_loaded);     }      // ...      public int selectedindex     {                 {             // error: name 'contentlistbox' not exist in current context                return contentlistbox.selectedindex;         }         set         {             // error: name 'contentlistbox' not exist in current context                contentlistbox.selectedindex = value;         }     } 

the xaml:

<grid x:name="layoutroot">     <listbox x:name="contentlistbox">         <listbox.itemtemplate>             <datatemplate>                 <grid manipulationcompleted="grid_manipulationcompleted">                     <grid.columndefinitions>                         <columndefinition width="auto"/>                         <columndefinition width="*" />                     </grid.columndefinitions>                      <image source="{binding iconsource}"                            grid.column="0"                            width="96"                            height="96"                            verticalalignment="center"                            visibility="{binding editing, converter={staticresource visibilityconverter}}"                            />                      <textblock text="{binding name}"                                 grid.column="1"                                 foreground="{binding enabled, converter={staticresource enabledconverter}}" />                  </grid>             </datatemplate>         </listbox.itemtemplate>     </listbox> </grid> 

it gives 2 compiler errors: listbox contentlistbox , initializecomponent() not defined. suspect problem has how class split 2 partial definitions, , mine parameterized whereas generated code not. how can around this?

no can't use generic types in silverlight xaml directly.

but familiarize mvvm pattern. models , viewmodels can generic types, , can coding there. xaml views dumb, have no or few code behind, , bind view models.