I'm not sure why you need to cast to "whatsthetype", when you then assign it
to a variable of type IBar. Why not this:
IBar MyVar = (IBar) foo;
Seang
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Holak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [DOTNET] Casting to a Type from an Enum
I'm banging my head on something simple and don't have my references here:
I have an object type returned by a function that has just de-serialized
that object from a database (Soap deserializer) . The object implements a
known interface (IBar).
I know the type of the original object , but my knowledge of the type is
represented as a string. I want to cast the object to the Type defined by
the string, something like:
void CastTheDamnThing(string whatsthetype)
{
IBar MyVar;
object foo=SomeFunctionThatReturnsAnObjectType();
//cast the object to the type defined by the string.
MyVar=(Type.GetType(whatsthetype)) foo;
//do something else . . .
}
It obviously isn't right;
What am I missing? I feel dumb for asking, but it's the end of the day and
I'm not leaving until I figure out how to do this.
TIA
Steve Holak
Senior Software Architect
Brokerage Concepts IS Dept.
610-491-4879
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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