Question

I would like to create a class that would would have 2 properties a name (as type string) and a type (as any type). The idea is I could create a collection of my class so I could pass my collection of parameters

Public Class parameter
    Dim m_ParameterName As String
    Dim m_ParameterType As Type

    Public Property ParameterName As String
        Get
            Return m_ParameterName
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            m_ParameterName = value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Property ParameterType() As T
        Get
            Return m_ParameterType
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As T)
            m_ParameterType = value
        End Set
    End Property
    Sub New()
        m_ParameterType = Nothing
        m_ParameterName = ""
    End Sub
End Class

Then I would like to create an instance of the class and define the properties as so

Dim myParameter As New parameter
myParameter.ParameterName = "Name"
myParameter.ParameterType = String
or 
Dim myParameter As New parameter
myParameter.ParameterName = "Name"
myParameter.ParameterType = integer
or 
Dim myParameter As New parameter
myParameter.ParameterName = "Name"
myParameter.ParameterType = clsCustomClass

Is this possible?

Answer 1

Dim m_ParameterName As String
Dim m_ParameterType 


Public Property ParameterType() 
    Get
        Return m_ParameterType
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value )
        m_ParameterType = value
    End Set
End Property

Just leave the type blank – that is like “var” in c#

another option would be use As Object