Jeffrey,
I originally was--I figured out how to get the string representation of the
Enum, so I didn't include in the post but didn't change the title; what i
stumbled on was having a string that labled what type to cast the object
to, and the syntax for making the cast.
thanks for looking at it, though.
Steve Holak
Senior Software Architect
Brokerage Concepts IS Dept.
610-491-4879
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Boy...I just re-read your post...I don't think that you were in any way
asking for an enum based object. Sorry... :(
Jeff Block
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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
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