Hi, I've got the following piece of code:
string GetPropertyValu e(object jobCard, string propertyName,
int index)
{
PropertyInfo property =
jobCard.GetType ().GetProperty( propertyName);
if (property.Prope rtyType.IsArray )
{
object[] propertyValue =
(object[])property.GetVa lue(jobCard, null);
return propertyValue[index].ToString();
}
else
{
return property.GetVal ue(jobCard, null).ToString( );
}
}
all it does is take an object (jobCard), and returns a string
representation of the given property (propertyName). If that property
is an array, it returns the value of the array item at the specified
index (index).
the jobCard parameter is a reference to an object of class JobCard
which looks something like this:
public class JobCard
{
...
int[] specification;
RawMaterial[] rawMaterials;
...
int[] Specification { get { return specification; } set
{ specification = value; } }
RawMaterial[] RawMaterials { get { return rawMaterials; } set
{ rawMaterials = value; } }
...
}
the following happens when i invoke my method:
GetPropertyValu e(jobCard, "RawMateria ls", 1); // Works 100%
GetPropertyValu e(jobCard, "Specification" , 1); //Error: Unable to cast
object of type 'System.Int32[]' to type 'System.Object[]'.
Note: Both the RawMaterial[] and int[] arrays contain an element with
index 1.
obviously the error is thrown when i cast the result of
PropertyInfo.Ge tValue()... but I see no reason why I shouldn't be able
to cast int[] to object[]
Any ideas?
Thanks :) 2 10454
I found a solution:
by casting the result of the PropertyInfo.Ge tValue() to Array, it
seems to work...
ie Array propertyValue =
(Array)property .GetValue(jobCa rd, null);
return propertyValue.G etValue(index). ToString();
still curious about the initial cast though... surely all types can be
cast to object?
Velislav <vg*****@gmail. comwrote:
I found a solution:
by casting the result of the PropertyInfo.Ge tValue() to Array, it
seems to work...
ie Array propertyValue =
(Array)property .GetValue(jobCa rd, null);
return propertyValue.G etValue(index). ToString();
still curious about the initial cast though... surely all types can be
cast to object?
Yes, but you can't cast from int[] to object[]. Basically, while
reference type arrays are covariant, value type arrays aren't.
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