determine object type in DataRecord

[Scott]

In this code:

Customer cutomer = (Customer) (record as DataRecord).Data;
cutomer.HasOrders = true;

I am casting record as a Customer.  What if I don't know that my RadGrid is bound to Customer objects?  Is there a way to tell what type of objects are bound to my radgrid and then cast out each record in order to get access to the properties?

Thanks,
Scott

[Christopher]

Scott,
   You could call the GetType() method on the Data property to determine the type of object stored in it.  However from there I think your looking at a switch block or the like to do your individual casts and operations on the object.

Chris

[Milan]

Hi Scott,

As christopher suggested the easiest way to do that is to use the GetType method on the Data property to get the type of your data record. After that can use if statements to determine which kind of object you are dealing with. The code will look something like that:

Type dataType = dataRecord.Data.GetType();

if (dataType == typeof(Customer))
{
    // Customers pecific code
}

if (dataType == typeof(Order))
{
    // Order specific code
}

// ...

If you are a fan of switch statements you won't be able to use them in this scenario since you need to have an integral type (string, int, etc) and the Type object does not fall into this category.

I hope this helps.

Greetings,
Milan
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