I think I outsmarted myself this time. Feel free to edit
the title also I could not think of a good one.
I am reading from a file
and then
in that file will be a
string because its like an xml file. But
in the file will be a literal value or a "command" to get
the value from
the workContainer
so
<Email>
[email protected]</Email>
or
<Email>[? MyEmail ?]</Email>
What I wanted to do instead of writing ifs all over
the place to put it
in a generic function
so logic
is
If Container command grab from container else grab
string and convert to desired type
Its up to
the user to ensure
the file
is ok
and the type
is correct
so another example
is
so
<Answer>3</Answer>
or
<Answer>[? NumberOfSales ?]</Answer>
This
is the procedure I started to work on
public class WorkContainer:Dictionary<string, object>
{
public T GetKeyValue<T>(string Parameter)
{
if (Parameter.StartsWith("[? "))
{
string key = Parameter.Replace("[? ", "").Replace(" ?]", "");
if (this.ContainsKey(key))
{
return (T)this[key];
}
else
{
// may throw error for value types
return default(T);
}
}
else
{
// Does not Compile
if (typeof(T)
is string)
{
return Parameter
}
// OR return (T)Parameter
}
}
}
The Call would be
mail.To = container.GetKeyValue<string>("
[email protected]");
or
mail.To = container.GetKeyValue<string>("[? MyEmail ?]");
int answer = container.GetKeyValue<int>("3");
or
answer = container.GetKeyValue<int>("[? NumberOfSales ?]");
But it does not compile?
