Question

What I want to do is something like this:

switch( myObject.GetType().GetProperty( "id") )
{
    case ??: 
        // when Nullable<Int32>, do this
    case ??:
        // when string, do this
    case ??:
        // when Nullable<bool>, do this

What path under object.GetType() would have the string name of the datatype that I could compare using a case statement? I need to know the type so I can have one of many Convert.ToInt32( string ) that will set the value of myObject using Reflection.

Answer 1

Update: Looks like C# 7 will support switching on Types as the asker of this question was trying to do. It’s a little different though so watch out for syntax landmines.

You don’t need a string name to compare it:

if (myObject.GetType().GetProperty("id").PropertyType == typeof(Nullable<Int32>))
    // when Nullable<Int32>, do this
else if (myObject.GetType().GetProperty("id").PropertyType == typeof(string))
    // when string, do this
else if (myObject.GetType().GetProperty("id").PropertyType == typeof(Nullable<bool>))
    // when Nullable<bool>, do this