Can anybody help me in below code

[C# Programming]

Hi All,
Can anybody help me what does the below code do and whats the use of new here. Any link also will be fine.


public abstract class BaseCollection : List where T : BaseEntity, new()
{
public bool MapObjects(DataSet ds)
{
if (ds != null && ds.Tables.Count > 0)
{
return MapObjects(ds.Tables[0]);
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
public bool MapObjects(DataTable dt)
{
Clear();
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