Question

ok, ive a class and i pass an object as property.

the object that i pass is a List<X>

in my class im trying to access the Object index by reflection BUT I CAN’T!!!

Example:

this class works i just wrote down the part i want to show you and i need help.

class MyClass {     private object _recordSet;     public object RecordSet     {         get { return _recordSet; }         set { _recordSet = value; }     }      public string Draw()     {         system.reflection.Assembly asem = system.reflection.Assembly.getAssembly(_dataSource.GetType());          object instance;          instance = asem.CreateInstance(_dataSource.GetType().UnderlyingSystemType.FullName);          //to access de Count of my List         int recordcount = int.Parse(_dataSource.GetType().GetProperty('Count').GetValue(_dataSource,null));          //i need to do a          for(int cont = 0; cont < recordCount; cont++)         {             _dataSource[cont].Name; // <-- THIS PART IS NOT WORKING!!! because i cant access the Index Directly.... WHAT TO DO!! ???         }     } } 

Answer 1

If you are using reflection (and hence lots of object), why not just cast as an IList (non-generic) instead?

i.e.

IList list = (IList)actualList; object foo = list[17]; 

Also – for your original code with Count, you don’t mean int.Parse – you should just cast (since we expect Count to be an int).