Question

The jQueryPosition class in Script# is sealed and has got a private constructor. Its 2 properties (Left and Top) are also read-only.

What is the correct way of creating a new instance of jQueryPosition to be used with Offset() and other similar methods?

The only way I see now is to create a JSON string and then to convert it into the object, which is somewhat unsightly way of modifying a single property.

Answer 1

You could either download the Script# assembly source here and modify the jQueryPosition type yourself.

Or you can create a new type with casts wrapped up in some helper methods. For instance:

class jQueryPositionMutable 
{
    public int Left;
    public int Top;

    public static jQueryPositionMutable FromJQueryPosition(jQueryPosition p)
    {
        return (jQueryPositionMutable)(Object)p;
    }

    public jQueryPosition ToJQueryPosition()
    {
        return (jQueryPosition)(Object)this;
    }
}