Question

I’m trying to check if an object can cast to a certain type using IsAssignableFrom. However I’m not getting the expected results… Am i missing something here?

//Works (= casts object)
(SomeDerivedType)factory.GetDerivedObject(); 

//Fails (= returns false)
typeof(SomeDerivedType).IsAssignableFrom(factory.GetDerivedObject().GetType()); 

EDIT:

The above example seems wrong and doesn’t reflect my problem very well.

I have a DerivedType object in code which is cast to BaseType:

BaseType someObject = Factory.GetItem(); //Actual type is DerivedType

I also have a PropertyType through reflection:

PropertyInfo someProperty = entity.GetType().GetProperties().First()

I would like to check if someObject is assignable to (castable to) the PropertyType of someProperty. How can I do this?

Answer 1

When you have

 class B { }
 class D : B {} 

then

typeof(B).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(D))   // true
typeof(D).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(B))   // false

I think you are trying the 2nd form, it’s not totally clear.

The simplest answer might be to test:

 (factory.GetDerivedObject() as SomeDerivedType) != null

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After the Edit:

What you want to know is not if someObject is assignable to SomeProperty but if it is castable.

The basis would be:

bool ok = someProperty.PropertyType.IsInstanceOfType(someObject);

But this only handles inheritance.