using System;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var vm = new ViewModel{TheValue = "Something"};

        var genericResult = new Outcome<ViewModel>{TheResult = vm, Success = true};

        var notGenericResult = new Outcome{Success = true};

        var returnVal = Convert(notGenericResult);

        Console.WriteLine(returnVal);

    }

​

    public static string Convert<T>(Outcome<T> result)

    {

        return "generic";

    }

​

    public static string Convert(Outcome result)

    {

        return "not generic";

    }

}

​

public class Outcome

{

    public bool Success

    {

        get;

        set;

    }

}

​

public class Outcome<T> : Outcome

{

    public T TheResult

    {

        get;

        set;

    }

}

​

public class ViewModel

{

    public string TheValue

    {

        get;

        set;

    }

}