Avoid repetitive use of ternary operation when we work with IDictionary<string, object>

DictionaryExtensions

public static T GetValue<T>(this IDictionary<string, object> dictionary, string key)
{
  if (!dictionary.ContainsKey(key))
  {
    return default(T);
  }
    
  object data = dictionary[key];
    
  return data != null && data.GetType() == typeof (T) ? (T) data : default(T);
} 

var path = dictionary.GetValue<string>("Path")

public class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var dict = new Dictionary<string, object>();
dict.Add("1", new Task(()=>Task.Delay(10)));
dict.Add("2", 4);
dict.Add("5", 5);
dict.Add("6", 7);

        Console.WriteLine(dict.GetValue<string, object>("1").ToString());

        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

public static class DictionaryExtensions
{
    public static T1 GetValue<T, T1>(this Dictionary<T, T1> dictionary, T key)
    {
        return dictionary[key] != null ? dictionary[key] : default(T1);
    }
}

 // Si quieres protegerte de posibles Casts inválidos
    public static T GetValue<T>(this IDictionary<string, object> dictionary, string key)
    {
       if (!dictionary.ContainsKey(key))
    {
        return default(T);
    }
    object data = dictionary[key];
    return data != null && data.GetType() == typeof (T) ? (T) data : default(T);
   }