Hi,
I'm struggling with this issue, maybe someone has already
solved ik before. Here's the problem
I Have :
clsA witch is a base class
clsB inherits from clsA
clsC inherits from clsA
clsD inherits from clsA
At a certain point i have an instance of clsA : objA
What i can do is CType(objA, clsB).
But i would like to put it in a procedure and be able to
pass the resulting type as a parameter
Ex :
public sub Convert(Destina tionType as ????)
CType (objA, DestinationType )
End Sub
Where destinationType could be clsB,clsC or clsD
I already tried a lot of possibilities but can't get it
to work.
Maybe anyone of you has an idea?
Thanks in advance
Best regards
Joeri 4 6575
Joeri,
I think I know what you want. You need to pass in the type you want to
convert to.
Public Sub Convert(ByVal destinationType As System.Type)
CType(objA, destinationType )
End Sub
Public Sub Test()
Dim objA As New clsA
Convert(objA, GetType(clsB))
Convert(objA, GetType(clsC))
Convert(objA, GetType(clsD))
End Sub
--
Rob Windsor
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
"Joeri" <jo*********@pa ndora.be> wrote in message
news:0c******** *************** *****@phx.gbl.. . Hi,
I'm struggling with this issue, maybe someone has already solved ik before. Here's the problem I Have : clsA witch is a base class clsB inherits from clsA clsC inherits from clsA clsD inherits from clsA
At a certain point i have an instance of clsA : objA What i can do is CType(objA, clsB). But i would like to put it in a procedure and be able to pass the resulting type as a parameter Ex : public sub Convert(Destina tionType as ????) CType (objA, DestinationType ) End Sub Where destinationType could be clsB,clsC or clsD I already tried a lot of possibilities but can't get it to work. Maybe anyone of you has an idea?
Thanks in advance Best regards Joeri
Hi rob,
Thanks for your answer,
Indeed, that's wat i thought, But when i try it i get a
compiler error telling me :
Type 'DesinationType ' is not defined. -----Original Message----- Joeri,
I think I know what you want. You need to pass in the
type you want toconvert to.
Public Sub Convert(ByVal destinationType As System.Type) CType(objA, destinationType ) End Sub
Public Sub Test() Dim objA As New clsA Convert(objA, GetType(clsB)) Convert(objA, GetType(clsC)) Convert(objA, GetType(clsD)) End Sub
-- Rob Windsor G6 Consulting Toronto, Canada
Joeri <jo*********@pa ndora.be> wrote: I'm struggling with this issue, maybe someone has already solved ik before. Here's the problem I Have : clsA witch is a base class clsB inherits from clsA clsC inherits from clsA clsD inherits from clsA
At a certain point i have an instance of clsA : objA What i can do is CType(objA, clsB). But i would like to put it in a procedure and be able to pass the resulting type as a parameter Ex : public sub Convert(Destina tionType as ????) CType (objA, DestinationType ) End Sub Where destinationType could be clsB,clsC or clsD I already tried a lot of possibilities but can't get it to work. Maybe anyone of you has an idea?
What would you expect to be able to do afterwards? The point of typing
is that you can tell the compiler which type something is, so it has
more knowledge of what methods, fields etc are avaiable. If you don't
*actually* know the type at compile-time, you can't give the compiler
any more information.
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
Joeri,
As Jon asked, what are you attempting to do? At a certain point i have an instance of clsA : objA What i can do is CType(objA, clsB).
If you have an instance of clsA, you cannot CType it to clsB no matter how
hard you try, as it is an instance of clsA. If you have a clsA variable
which has an instance of clsB you can Ctype that to clsB as the actual
object is clsB. Note for reference types DirectCast is generally better than
CType.
Dim objA As clsA = New clsB
Dim objB As clsB = DirectCast(objA , clsB)
public sub Convert(Destina tionType as ????) CType (objA, DestinationType ) End Sub
Is not possible, CType & DirectCast are keywords, they require the actual
type name be supplied, variables are not supported!
The closest you can come is an if/elseif
public sub Convert(Destina tionType as Type)
if DestinationType is GetType(clsB) Then
CType (objA, clsB)
elseif DestinationType is GetType(clsC) Then
CType (objA, clsC)
elseif DestinationType is GetType(clsD) Then
CType (objA, clsD)
end if End Sub
Hope this helps
Jay
"Joeri" <jo*********@pa ndora.be> wrote in message
news:0c******** *************** *****@phx.gbl.. . Hi,
I'm struggling with this issue, maybe someone has already solved ik before. Here's the problem I Have : clsA witch is a base class clsB inherits from clsA clsC inherits from clsA clsD inherits from clsA
At a certain point i have an instance of clsA : objA What i can do is CType(objA, clsB). But i would like to put it in a procedure and be able to pass the resulting type as a parameter Ex : public sub Convert(Destina tionType as ????) CType (objA, DestinationType ) End Sub Where destinationType could be clsB,clsC or clsD I already tried a lot of possibilities but can't get it to work. Maybe anyone of you has an idea?
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