Testing for bool values with generic T

Question

I have a generic method which I'd like to pass in either a reference type or bool.

private void Test<T>(T value)
{
    if(typeof(T)) == typeof(bool))
    {
        if(value == false)
            // do something
        else if (value == null)
            // do something else
    }
}

but I'm getting this compile time error "Operator ==' cannot be applied to operands of typeT' and `bool'". Is there a simple solution to this (preferably without using Reflection)?

Update: If it's enclosed in a foreach loop, will there be an implicit cast? I still receive the same compile error.

private void Test<T>(T[] values)
{
    foreach(T value in values)
    {
        if(typeof(T)) == typeof(bool))
        {
            if(value == false)
                // do something
        }
        else if (value == null)
                // do something else
    }
}

Answer 1

Use the is operator:

private void Test<T>(T value)
{
    if(value is bool)
    {
        ...
    }
}

or the as operator:

private void Test<T>(T value)
{
    bool? boolValue = value as bool;
    if (boolValue != null) {
        // do something with boolValue, which can never be null if value is of type bool
    }
    else {
        // do something with value, which is not a boolean
    }
}