Generics Problems

[shanecox704]

Hello i'm a tad confused here.

I kinda new to generics, i thought that i was understanding it all fine now this,

My Problem;

I have a basic generic class

Public Class Characteristic(Of T)

Private mCharacteristicName As String
Private mCharacteristicValue As T
' Private mType As Type

Private mDominant As Boolean
Private mEnabled As Boolean

Public Sub New(ByVal CharacteristicName As String, ByVal CharacteristicValue As T, ByVal Dominant As Boolean, ByVal Enabled As Boolean)
mCharacteristicName = CharacteristicName
mCharacteristicValue = CharacteristicValue
mEnabled = Enabled
mDominant = Dominant
End Sub

Called By this function

Friend Sub FoundFood(ByVal foodSize As Single)
If ((mCharacteristics.Size.CharacteristicValue + foodSize) < mCharacteristics.MaxSize.CharacteristicValue) Then
Me.mCharacteristics.Size.CharacteristicValue += foodSize
Else
Me.mCharacteristics.Size.CharacteristicValue = Me.mCharacteristics.MaxSize.CharacteristicValue
End If
Me.IncFitness()
End Sub


My problem is, somehow when the line
"Me.mCharacteristics.Size.CharacteristicValue += foodSize "
is called, all instaces of mCharacteristics.size are updated not just the local (current) Size and i have no idea why.

If you need more info please ask,

Thanks
Shane