Custom UITableViewCell's with a TableCellFactory in MonoTouch

TableCellFactory.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using MonoTouch.Foundation;
using MonoTouch.UIKit;
using MonoTouch.ObjCRuntime;

namespace CustomTableCellApp
{
    public class TableCellFactory<T> where T : UITableViewCell
    {
        private string cellId;
        private string nibName;
        
        private NSObject cellTemplate;
        
        public TableCellFactory(string cellId, string nibName)
        {
            this.cellId = cellId;
            this.nibName = nibName;
            
            // Load the cell template from the XIB - once and only once!
            var cell = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
            var views = NSBundle.MainBundle.LoadNib(nibName, cell, null);
            this.cellTemplate = views.ValueAt(0);
        }
        
        public T GetCell(UITableView tableView)
        {
            var cell = tableView.DequeueReusableCell(cellId) as T;
                
            if (cell == null)
            {
                cell = Runtime.GetNSObject( cellTemplate ) as T;
            }
            
            return cell;
        }
    }
}