This for C#?
Passing Class type as a parameter
I have a class adapter that implements an Interface. I want to fill an array structure with MyFooClass instances where MyFooClass's name or reference I want to receive it from outside. I'll instantiate them inside my adapter code.
For example:
public void FillWsvcStructs(DataSet ds, ClassType Baz)
{
IFoo.Request = ds.DataTable[0].Request;
IFoo.Modulebq = string.Empty;
IFoo.Clasific = string.Empty;
IFoo.Asignadoa = ds.DataTable[0].Referer;
IFoo.Solicita = "Jean Paul Goitier";
// Go with sub-Elems (Also "Interfaceated")
foreach (DataSet.DataTableRow ar in ds.DataTable[1])
{
if ((int) ar.StatusOT != (int)Props.StatusOT.NotOT)
{
///From HERE!
IElemRequest req = new (Baz)(); // I don't know how to do it here
///To HERE!
req.Id = string.Empty;
req.Type = string.Empty;
req.Num = string.Empty;
req.Message = string.Empty;
req.Trkorr = ar[1];
TRequest.Add(req);
}
}
}
Generics and their constraints should do what you want, I believe:
public void FillWsvcStructs<ClassType>(DataSet ds) where ClassType : IElemRequest, new()
{
IFoo.Request = ds.DataTable[0].Request;
IFoo.Modulebq = string.Empty;
IFoo.Clasific = string.Empty;
IFoo.Asignadoa = ds.DataTable[0].Referer;
IFoo.Solicita = "Jean Paul Goitier";
// Go with sub-Elems (Also "Interfaceated")
foreach (DataSet.DataTableRow ar in ds.DataTable[1])
{
if ((int) ar.StatusOT != (int)Props.StatusOT.NotOT)
{
IElemRequest req = new ClassType();
req.Id = string.Empty;
req.Type = string.Empty;
req.Num = string.Empty;
req.Message = string.Empty;
req.Trkorr = ar[1];
TRequest.Add(req);
}
}
}
That's probably best solved by using generics:
public void FillWsvcStructs<T>(DataSet ds) where T : IElemRequest, new()
{
//..
//new() constraint enables using default constructor
IElemRequest req = new T();
//IElemRequest constraint enables using interface properties
req.Id = string.Empty;
//..
}
If you have multiple types that you need to be able to access/instantiate, the declaration follows the same rules (as may easily be gathered from msdn):
public void FillWsvcStructs<T, U, V>() where T : IElemRequest, new()
where U : IFoo, new()
where V : IBar, new()
{
//..
}
I think you want generics.
Declare your method like this:
public void FillWsvcStructs<T>(DataSet ds)
where T : IElemRequest, new()
{
//You can then do
IElemRequest req = new T();
}
The new()
constraint requires T
to have a public parameterless constructor, and the IElemRequest
constraint ensures it implements IElemRequest
.
You need a generic:
public void FillWsvcStructs<TBaz>(DataSet ds) where TBaz : IElementRequest, new()
{
// ...
IElementRequest req = new TBaz();
// ...
}
The generic constraint ("where...
") enforces that the type you pass in implements the IElementRequest
interface and that it has a parameter-less constructor.
Assuming you had a class Baz
similar to this:
public class Baz : IElementRequest
{
public Baz()
{
}
}
You would invoke this method like so:
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
FillWsvcStructs<Baz>(ds);
Addendum
Multiple, different, generic type parameters can each have there own type constraint:
public void FillWsvcStructs<TFoo, TBar, TBaz>(DataSet ds)
where TFoo : IFoo, new()
where TBar : IBar, new()
where TBaz : IElementRequest, new()
{
// ...
IFoo foo = new TFoo();
IBar bar = new TBar();
IElementRequest req = new TBaz();
// ...
}
You probably want to use Activator.CreateInstance.
IElemRequest req = (IElemRequest) Activator.CreateInstance(Baz);
If the type that Baz
represents has a constructor that takes parameters, the complexity of that will grow (as you'll have to use Reflection or dynamic calls to make it work). If Baz
doesn't represent a type that inherits from IElemRequest
, you will get an ugly runtime error.
The method:
public void FillWsvcStructs<T>(DataSet ds) where T : IElemRequest, new() {
...
IElemRequest req = new T();
...
}
Calling the method:
FillWsvcStructs<Bez>(ds);