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I want to load the data from XML file and show in the listbox?
I have a three classes:
First is Person:
public class Person
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
public Person()
{
}
public override string ToString()
{
return FirstName + " " +LastName + "\t" +Email;
}
}
Second is:
public class Student:Person
{
public Student()
{
}
public double AssessmentGrade { get; set; }
public double AssignmentGrade { get; set; }
public override string ToString()
{
return base.ToString() + "," +AssessmentGrade + "," + AssignmentGrade;
}
}
Third is:
public class Teacher:Person
{
public int RoomNumber
{
get;
set;
}
public override string ToString()
{
return base.ToString() + "," + RoomNumber;
}
}
I have One more class where i just call the data from PeronDB (Class)
public class Persons
{
private List<Person> persons = null;
public void Fill()
{
persons = PersonDB.GetPersons();
}
}
InPersonDB class I am doing if its Student node then read the data if its Teacher nodes then also reads the data and If it Person it also reads the data.
public class PersonDB
{
private const string path = @"..\..\Persons.xml";
public static List<Person> GetPersons()
{
List<Person> persons = new List<Person>();
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
settings.IgnoreComments = true;
XmlReader xmlIn = XmlReader.Create(path, settings);
if (xmlIn.ReadToDescendant("Student"))
{
do
{
Person person = new Person();
Student student = (Student)person;
xmlIn.ReadStartElement("Student");
student.FirstName = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsString();
student.LastName = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsString();
student.Email = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsString();
student.AssessmentGrade = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsInt();
student.AssignmentGrade = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsInt();
persons.Add(student);
} while (xmlIn.ReadToNextSibling("Student"));
}
else if (xmlIn.ReadToDescendant("Teacher"))
{
do
{
Person person = new Person();
Teacher teacher = (Teacher)person;
xmlIn.ReadStartElement("Teacher");
teacher.FirstName = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsString();
teacher.LastName = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsString();
teacher.Email = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsString();
teacher.RoomNumber = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsInt();
persons.Add(teacher);
} while (xmlIn.ReadToNextSibling("Teacher"));
}
if (xmlIn.ReadToDescendant("Person"))
{
do
{
Person person = new Person();
xmlIn.ReadStartElement("Person");
person.FirstName = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsString();
person.LastName = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsString();
person.Email = xmlIn.ReadElementContentAsString();
persons.Add(person);
} while (xmlIn.ReadToNextSibling("Person"));
}
xmlIn.Close();
return persons;
}
}
And in the Form Load i am doing:
Persons personList = null;
private void FillPersonlstBox()
{
Person p;
listBox1.Items.Clear();
for (int i = 0; i < personList.Count; i++)
{
p = personList[i];
listBox1.Items.Add(p.ToString());
}
}
private void Load_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
personList.Changed += new Persons.ChangeHandler(HandleChange);
personList.Fill();
FillPersonlstBox();
}
It show me “{Unable to cast object of type ‘Collection.Person’ to type ‘Collection.Student’.”} this error 🙁 System.InvalidCastException It show me in PersonDB Class” this error.
Please guys help me How to fix it?
don’t cast person as student or teacher see below