Cast object to a type at runtime

[Steve Teeples]

protected bool CompareTheValues(string expectedValue, string foundValue,
string valueType)
{
// Determine what the WMI data type was.
string typeString = "System." + valueType;
System.Type type = System.Type.GetType(typeString);
// Create the two objects for the comparison.
ObjectHandle objExpected = Activator.CreateInstance(type);
ObjectHandle objFound = Activator.CreateInstance(type);

switch(type.ToString())
{
case "System.UInt64":
objExpected = Convert.ToUInt64(expectedValue);
objFound = Convert.ToUInt64(foundValue);
break;
case "System.UInt32":
objExpected = Convert.ToUInt32(expectedValue);
objFound = Convert.ToUInt32(foundValue);
break;
case "System.UInt16":
case "System.UInt8":
objExpected = Convert.ToInt16(expectedValue);
objFound = Convert.ToUInt16(foundValue);
break;
case "System.SUInt16":
case "System.SUInt8":
objExpected = Convert.ToInt16(expectedValue);
objFound = Convert.ToInt16(foundValue);
break;
case "System.SUInt64":
objExpected = Convert.ToInt64(expectedValue);
objFound = Convert.ToInt64(foundValue);
break;
case "System.SUInt32":
objExpected = Convert.ToInt32(expectedValue);
objFound = Convert.ToInt32(foundValue);
break;
case "System.DateTime":
objExpected = Convert.ToDateTime(expectedValue);
objFound = Convert.ToDateTime(foundValue);
break;
case "System.Real64":
case "System.Real32":
default:
objExpected = Convert.ToDouble(expectedValue);
objFound = Convert.ToDouble(foundValue);
break;
}

switch(this.numericCompare)
{
case NumericComparer.DoesNotEqual:
break;
case NumericComparer.GreaterThan:
break;
case NumericComparer.GreaterThanOrEqual:
break;
case NumericComparer.LessThan:
break;
case NumericComparer.LessThanOrEqual:
// return (objExpected <= objFound) ? true : false;
break;
case NumericComparer.Equal:
return (objExpected.Equals(objFound)) ? true : false;
default:
break;
}

return false;
}
--
Steve