C# method returning generic type and type conversion?

Question

C++ / C#

Method:

class Cat { }

        public List<T> method<T>()
        {
            return new List<Cat>(); // вместо new тут List<Любой тип>  который приходит из EntityFramework
        }

Method call:
var c = method<Cat>();
And the error is that you cannot implicitly convert the type from List<Type> to List The
question is why does this not work, if we can return a List then why can't we return a List<Type> ?

Answer 1

The method declaration must have the same type that is returned from within:

public class Cat<T>{
        public List<T> method()
        {
            return new List<T>();
        }
    }

    public class Kitty
    {
        public void main()
        {
            Cat<String> kitty = new Cat<String>();
            List<String> kittyMethods = kitty.method();
        }
    }