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object.ToString() or TypeConverter
user name
 2006-07-31 05:04:56 
I have a collection of items (object) that I need to
retrieve there
corresponding string value at present I'm calling
ToString() but should
I be calling the corresponding type converter? 

 

Rob.


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object.ToString() or TypeConverter
user name
 2006-07-31 08:14:33 
> I have a collection of items (object) that I need to
retrieve there
> corresponding string value at present I'm calling
ToString() but should
> I be calling the corresponding type converter?

That depends upon what you mean by 'corresponding' string
value.
Are your objects "strings" - as in logical
inheritance? Do your objects
have a serialised string representation? Are you trying to
get a
user-displayable description of the object to display on the
UI?

In the absence of detailed knowledge of your architecture,
I'd suggest
that maybe your base class should have a
"MyStringValue" abstract
method that returns the string you want - no ambiguity,
then.

John

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object.ToString() or TypeConverter
user name
 2006-07-31 08:42:30 
Surely that's the whole point of the ToString method

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor

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> I have a collection of items (object) that I need to
retrieve there
> corresponding string value at present I'm calling
ToString() but should
> I be calling the corresponding type converter?

That depends upon what you mean by 'corresponding' string
value.
Are your objects "strings" - as in logical
inheritance? Do your objects
have a serialised string representation? Are you trying to
get a
user-displayable description of the object to display on the
UI?

In the absence of detailed knowledge of your architecture,
I'd suggest
that maybe your base class should have a
"MyStringValue" abstract
method that returns the string you want - no ambiguity,
then.

John

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