Hi --
Short version: how can we simulate .NET/VB object-type CASTing, in
Win32::OLE Perl?
Long version:
We're building a bridge between a java-web-app and a .net-based-desktop app.
Perl is the glue language of choice, of course :)
Where we've got trouble is that the .net programmers tell us we need to
"cast" object_1 to be type object_2, and we haven't see how that's done in
the Win32::OLE manual pages.
For example we start with a Collection, iterate through
CoursesCollection->Item(ix) and from there we get a
StudentsCollection->Item( foo ) which is a generic object but needs to be
CAST as a 'proper' Student object instead. How do we do that in Win32::OLE?
my $classes = App->Classes;
my $class_ct = $classes->Count;
for ( my $class_ix = 1; $class_ix <= $class_ct; $class_ix ++ ) {
my $class = $classes->Item( $class_ix );
my $students = $class->Students;
my $stu_ct = $students->Count;
for ( my $stu_ix = 1; $stu_ix <= $stu_ct; $stu_ix ++ ) {
my $stu = $students->Item( $stu_ix );
# $stu is a GENERIC object here with only basic methods
# need to 'cast' it to "Student" type so we can get grades
my $grades = $stu->Grades; # boom! (Name not found, meaning no such
method)
}
}
We were hoping the objects were classed somehow inside Perl, but all objects
appear to be simply Win32::OLE objects, and even trying to get to the hash
keys gives an error...
Any pointers/flames welcome. Thanks!
--
will trillich
"Tis the set of the sails / And not the gales / That tells the way we go."
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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