I wonder why it's impossible to create and extension method for Object? I use Excel PIA. The property Cells of Worksheet returns Object (if using with indexes). For example, Worksheet.Cells(1, 1) returns Object type. I know it's a Range object, and I want to cast it to Range. It would be convenient to write following:[code]
View 5 RepliesConsider the following:
Public Module Extensions
<Extension()> _
Public Sub Initialize(ByRef Target as SomeClass, ByVal SomeParam as Something )
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Why is Case 1 failing to initialize the object as expected?
I have the code as below:
Dim xdTest As XDocument = XDocument.Load(GetXMLPath())
Dim objResult = From xe In xdTest.Elements("Some Element") _
Where xe.Element("strName").Value = strInput _
Select xe.Element("intValue").Value
objResult.
I cannot access any extension methods for objResult, like .ToList() or .First(). The file imports System.Linq and the project is targeted to .NET 3.5. How do I get the extension methods back?
I'm trying to use PGK.Extensions in a T4 template in VS2008 for VB.NET and I get:
RemoveAllSpecialCharacters is not a member of string..
My T4 headers:
<#@ template language="VB" hostspecific="false" debug="true" inherits="Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost.ModelingTextTransformation" #>
<#@ output extension="vb" #>
<#@ assembly name="PGK.Extensions.dll" #> // the dll is found
<#@ import namespace="StringExtensions" #> //Try with and without namespace
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I would like to know your opinion on extension methods. Sure, it is a nice feature and makes you feel powerful. It's great to see your own method pop up when typing in a object. But it doesn't really add something new... You can get the job done with normal methods as well. I think extension methods do not belong in object oriented programming. It makes your code easier to read but harder to understand for someone else.
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View 2 RepliesI'm trying to write 2 extension methods to handle Enum types.One to use the description attribute to give some better explanation to the enum options and a second method to list the enum options and their description to use in a selectlist or some kind of collection.You can read my code up to now here:
<Extension()> _
Public Function ToDescriptionString(ByVal en As System.Enum) As String
Dim type As Type = en.GetType
Dim entries() As String = en.ToString().Split(","c)
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So my problem is both extension methods don't work that well together. The methods that converts the enum options to an ienumerable can't use the extension method to get the description.
I know what extension methods are, how to create and use them, but I wanted to know more about how they actually work. How do they "attach" themselves to the type of object that you are extending? Or is there even an attachment being made. I know want to know more about the inner workings, etc.. I looked around and read several different blog posts about extensions and not one of them discusses how they actually work.
View 6 RepliesIf I try to call my extension method which is defined like this:
Module LinqExtensions
<System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
Public Function ToSortableBindingList(Of TSource)(ByVal source As IEnumerable(Of TSource))
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Code in VB.NET
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works very well. So seems some consistency miss of the string constant behavior.
2) Have a look on the COMMENTS (in the attached picture). The words "custom", "string" and "error" are highlighted, however they are in the comments, so should be green, not blue.
Why this? What workaround? EDIT: Declared as "bug" in Microsoft Connect (even if is not more that a syntactic "miss")... EDIT 2: As remarked Hans Passant, standard string methods, like "cucu".Trim() does not work either.
In VB.NET or C#, is there a way to determine if a class has been extended with extension methods?
View 3 RepliesIs there anyway to add an overload "extension method" to a method that already has one or more extension methods?For example theString.Contains method has two extension methods totalling 3 separate versions.Is there anyway to add an extra extension method also called "Contains" ?By the way I have tried it but the IDE does not seem to recognise additional EXTENSION methods where a method already hasone or more extension methods.Is there anyway around this restriction?In other words I would like to be able to change the Extension method below from"Contain" to "Contains" but it seems it is not recognised.
Option Strict On
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
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I am working with a vb program, but there is something strange on one of my .vb code pagewhen i put the "dot" afther the object name its dont show the methods availables for this objectbut on other vb code pages i can see it. but in this one no.for exmaplethis is a piece of code: Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
View 3 RepliesI made a library in C# and I've been told by people that one of mine methods don't work in VB.NET as extension [UR]
this is the method:
public static PropertyDescriptorCollection GetProps(this object o)
{
return GetProps(o.GetType());
}
I wrote some string extension methods in a VB assembly and am unit testing them from a C# project. However, C# acts like it cannot see the the extension methods, when other VB projects reference the VB assembly they have no problem. Both the VB assemebly and the C# test project are targeting .Net 3.5. Is there a way around this?
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I have many similar calls to database and they work fine
Using ta As New QT_SSTEntities
Return ta.Product.
Select(Function(c) New RadComboBoxData() With {.Text = c.FieldName1, .Value = c.FieldName1}).
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I'm using extension methods based on an array and I would like to know if there is an easy way to check that array got a specify size instead of me doing a copy paste of
if array.count != 1000
throw new exception "size of the array does not match"
in about ~50 extensions
this a small sample of extensions that I use, I got WAY more
<Extension()>
Public Function IsWhite(ByVal board() As bitPiece, ByVal pos As Integer) As Boolean
Return (board(pos) And bitPiece.White) = bitPiece.White
End Function
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Is it really impossible to create an extension method in C# where the instance is passed as a reference?
Heres a sample VB.NET console app:
Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices
Module Module1
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I have a project written in MVC2 and VB.NET. I use a lot of htmlhelper extension methods,and I have them all in a public module. They work just fine, and I can compile and run my project. I reference the namespace they are in with this:<%@ Import Namespace="MyProject.WebUI.Extensions" %>So, again, they work great, my project runs and compiles without a hitch.The problem is that each one of these extension methods is shown as an error:
Error 33 'TabbedMenu' is not a member of 'System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper(Of Object)'. C:ProjectsMyProjectMyProject.WebUIViewsSharedSite.Master 23 21 MyProject.WebUI
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I have a number of very useful extension methods that I'd like to use in my Silverlight project.I've pasted the Module here [URL]The problem I'm having is that visual studio complains that the dlls my module have been written against have not been built against the Silverlight runtime.Is there an easy way to get these extension methods working in Silverlight?I'm thinking my main hurdle is getting IObjectSet and ObjectContext to run against the Silverlight run-time - perhaps there's another way to expose these methods that I'm not aware of.
View 1 RepliesUnder component services, a COM+ component is used by the company, right-clicking it and choosing 'Activation' tab will show the 'constructor string' that is used for DB server connection by all applications. How can I access it the simplest way possible?
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Public Class Form1 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim someproc As Process
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In the code below (which I just wrote here - it closely mirrors what my actual code is...) the problem is with the line:
Thing.ThingObject.Add(MyObject)
It says: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" Yes - it is "nothing" before I try to use the Add method so I must be doing something basic and wrong.The object I am trying to add is fine - I can tell you it is correct, it's just that I apparently cannot use the .add method on the Thing.ThingObject until it is properly created - which I have apparently not done.
Private Sub DoThing()
Dim MyObject as New Object
MyObject = MakeMyObject
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I am toying around with extension methods here and have run into a snag adding an extension method to the textbox control.
<Extension()> _
Public Sub InvertMono(ByRef t As TextBox)
Select Case t.BackColor
Case Color.White
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I want to create a subclass of a class that has some shared methods. These shared methods all call one specific method. But I can't redefine that specific method in the subclass. If I try to make it overridable in the parent class, it says that shared and overridable can't both be used.
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The code I want to work:
<Extension()>
Public Function NValue(Of T)(ByVal value As Nullable(Of T), ByVal DefaultValue As T) As T
Return If(value.HasValue, value.Value, DefaultValue)
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Can I make an Extension method for all the subclasses of System.Object (everything)?
Example:
<Extension>
Public Function MyExtension(value As Object) As Object
Return value
End Function
The above functions won't work for object instance:UPDATE The problem seems to occur only in VB, where members of object are looked-up by reflection (late-bound).UPDATE AFTER ANSWERED.FYI, as vb has an advantage that C# lacks that is, members of imported Modules are imported to the global scope so you can still use this functions without their wrapper:Dim myObj2 = MyExtension(myObj1)
In VB.Net is there any difference between the following three ways of initializing object variables
Method 1
Dim commandObject As SqlCommand
commandObject = New SqlCommand("MadeUpCommand")
Method 2
Dim commandObject As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("MadeUpCommand")
Method 3
Dim commandObject As New SqlCommand("MadeUpCommand")
Is one more efficient than the others, or are they effectively all the same?
When you type sender. IntelliSense lists 5 methods and yet if you type sender.Left or sender.top these will work. Why don't these properties show up as available for use via IntelliSense.
View 2 RepliesIs it possible to call a protected method via reflection. I am using this:
Me.GetType.InvokeMember(Stages(CurrentStage),
Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod,
Nothing,
Me,
Nothing)
Which always calls a method with no params or return. The idea is that the user of my object (transactional processing of business logic) inherits the base class adds in a load of private methods to fire. They then add these method names to a list in the order they would like them fired and the code above will take care of firing them.
It works fine with public methods but not with private or protected methods in the same class (Protected because I have some 'standard' pre built methods to add to the base class). Realistically I could make the methods public and be done with it but my inner nerd wont allow me to do so...
I am assuming this is a security feature. Is there a way to get around this or does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed but keep my tasty, tasty visibility modifiers in tact?
(NOTE: ITS IN VB.NET but a C# Answer is fine if that is what you are comfortable with).