Generic.ICompar er question

[INeedADip]

I am trying to use the following generic (reflection) class as the
ICamparer parameter for a generic list..but I get the error:
"Unable to cast object of type 'GenericCompare r' to type
'System.Collect ions.Generic.IC omparer `1[AccountDB.Queue]'

My code looks like the following:

List<AccountDB. Queue> oList = getAllQueuesFun ction();
oList.Sort(New GenericComparer ("QueueName" ));

This is my GenericComparer :

public class GenericComparer : IComparer
{
string propertyName;

public GenericComparer (string propertyName)
{
this.propertyNa me = propertyName;
}

public int Compare(object x, object y)
{
// gets the value of the x property
PropertyInfo property =
x.GetType().Get Property(proper tyName);
object valueOfX = property.GetVal ue(x, null);

// gets the value of the y property
property = y.GetType().Get Property(proper tyName);
object valueOfY = property.GetVal ue(y, null);

// now makes the comparsion
return ((IComparable)v alueOfX).Compar eTo(valueOfY);
}
}

Hopefull you can see where I'm trying to go with this. Any
suggestions? Am I approaching this the wrong way?

[Lasse Vågsæther Karlsen]

INeedADip wrote:

I am trying to use the following generic (reflection) class as the
ICamparer parameter for a generic list..but I get the error:
"Unable to cast object of type 'GenericCompare r' to type
'System.Collect ions.Generic.IC omparer `1[AccountDB.Queue]'

My code looks like the following:

List<AccountDB. Queue> oList = getAllQueuesFun ction();
oList.Sort(New GenericComparer ("QueueName" ));

This is my GenericComparer :

public class GenericComparer : IComparer

Try defining it as:

public class GenericComparer <T> : IComparer<T>, IComparer
(+ some changes to the method definition, etc., also note that I listed
both the generic version and the non-generic version so that it can be
used with non-generic collections as well)

Since you do the manual work inside you're not actually gaining anything
by defining it like this, but it would be compatible with the
requirements of the Sort method, which would then be called like this:

oList.Sort(new GenericComparer <AccountDB.Queu e>("QueueName") );

Note that this is off the top of my head so test it and yell at me if I
got it wrong :)

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