While learning to use LINQ in VB.NET, I came across the following:Dim x As IEnumerable = (some LINQ query)
If you can't instantiate an interface, but only a concrete implementation of it, why is this allowed? Is there some difference between doing Dim x as (Type) and Dim x as New (Type)?
In many projects I work on, whenever I have to return a read only collection, I use the IEnumerable<T> interface and make it type specific like so:
CODE:
Most of the time, I return a List but in some functions and read only properties I return an array which also serves the purpose alright by kind courtesy of Extension Methods.
My question is am I violating any design principles by returning IEnumerable<T>s instead of specific types (e.g.: List<T>, HashSet<T>, Stack<T> or Arrays)?
is there a way to retrieve type T from IEnumerable<T> through reflection?
e.g.
i have a variable IEnumerable<Child> info; i want to retrieve Child's type through reflection
And here is the code that produces the error
CODE:
How can i cast this one?
The following line is giving me an InvalidCastException when trying to convert to IEnumerable type, even though I have implemented IEnumerable interface. Return New CountryInfo(CountryCodes(i), CountryNames(i)) (also in bold below)
Imports System
Imports Gaia.WebWidgets.HtmlFormatting
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Globalization
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I have an object called Result<T> that has a constructor which accepts an argument of IEnumerable<T>. I'd like to be able to pass in a datatable if possible.
I tried datatable.AsEnumerable(), but where I bind to the data it was complaining that 'MyProperty' is not a field or property on type 'DataRow' - which makes sense since 'MyProperty' isn't a property on 'DataRow', but it was a column in my datatable.Is there a way to convert a datatable to something that I can pass into the Result object and still have it bind to, say, a gridview?
I am creating a gridview and need to gather the data from various functions that return a type of IEnumerable. I've created gridviews using a dataset as a datasource, but how does one use multiple data sources(of IEnumerable) to populate one gridview? Like how do you combine all that into one dataset?
View 1 RepliesI tried using the linq Zip method on IEnumerable but it does not work for more than 2 arrays.Here is an example in Python of what I am trying to do(I got p - nested IEnumerable - and need q - another nested IEnumerable):
>>> l=['a','b','c']
>>> m=[1,2,3]
>>> n=['x','y','z'][code].......
I am building a software which will be used to create a remote desktop connection. However I'm getting this error:
Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'MSTSCLib.IMsTscNonScriptable'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{C1E6743A-41C1-4A74-832A-0DD06C1C7A0E}' failed
due to the following error: Δεν υποστηρίζεται τέτοια διασύνδεση (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 E_NOINTERFACE)).
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In trying to add a bit of usage variety to a generic class I'm working on, I ran into this issue with trying to cast an object into an interface instance where the interface is defined inside the generic class.
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I have been trying to use vb2008 to automatically update CustomDocumentProperties fields that I have set up within a pro-forma document. I can load the Word application and word document without problems.I want to update the CustomDocumentProperties fields with data read from a dB. To do this I am assuming that I need to iterate through the CustomDocumentProperties fields within the word document and when one is "found" that matches the data I wish to merge then assign the dB value to the field.The problem is that I am getting an exception error when I try to reference the document customdocumentproperties
"Error : Unable to cast the COM object of type 'System._ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.CustomProperties'. ...... "
my code looks like;
Dim WordApp As Word._Application
Dim odoc As Word._Document
Dim BContinue As Boolean = True
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1. When I try to do something like; Imports System.Collections
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I am trying to implement the Strategy design pattern using interfaces.However, while developing some code I stumbled upon something strange.The type of the object is not verified in design-time.Observe the following code.Notice that Foo implements IFoo and Bar DOES NOT implement this interface.No error is shown when trying this:[code]This code compiles fine. No error is shown in Visual Studio.However, when I run this piece of code, I receive an InvalidCastException.The output of the console:[code]
View 1 RepliesI need to know if a Type implements an interface. [Code] because the Interface IRule itself is assignable of IRule what raises a MissingMethodExcpetion if i try to create an instance:
ruleObj = CType(Activator.CreateInstance(typeAsm, True), Rule.IRule)
UPDATE2: IsAssignableFrom in combination with IsAbstract might be the best way to check if a given type implements an interface and is not the interface itself (what throws a MissingMethodException if you try to create an instance).
If GetType(Rule.IRule).IsAssignableFrom(typeAsm) AndAlso Not typeAsm.IsAbstract Then
I am working on a project that has several different codes. These codes all basically are used this way:
CodeKey
Description
GetList
GetSpecific
SetProperties
All of my classes implement this. I am hesitent, however, to use an interface because of one problem--the type Codes vary by type. Some are strings, some are integers, some are bytes. The only way I could see using an interface would be to make the typeCode an object in the interface and then cast whenever I needed to use it, but that seems a bit silly. Any ideas? This is in VB.NET.
I am looking to implement the ability to compare and sort classes in my model. All of the objects in my model will need some common functionality regarding to comparisons so I created an abstract BaseComparer that implements IComparer.
Public MustInherit Class BaseComparer(Of T)
Implements IComparer(Of T)
End Class
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I would like to check if a property's type is an interface (not a specific interface, but any interface).
dim __PropertyInfo As PropertyInfo
dim b as boolean = isinterface(__PropertyInfo)
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I'm currently trying to create a class that is a composition of the SqlDataAdapter class (as unfortunately you can't inherit from it). In order to try and make it as similar as possible I'm using all the same inherits and interfaces as is documented on MSDN.The problem that I am having is that there are some properties where the interface specifies that the type of the property is IDbCommand. But in the SqlDataAdapter the property type is SqlCommand.
View 3 Replieswhat is the difference between declaring a variable in this way
ByVal
List As IEnumerable as
a parametre in a function
Dim
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I would like to have a command prompt type interface on my form. The only thing I am aware of is a textbox, but there are no facilities to have commands and output scroll without keeping the entire history in a variable. That would be an ever increasing variable, which is ridiculous. Is there an alternate way to use a textbox as a command prompt, or is there something else I can do. Another note, is the use of an array. I know I can increase an array with commands, but this is no good either, because some responses in the box need to be paragraphs in length, so even a separate array for command and output is too cumbersome.
View 6 RepliesI have a following code which works fine
MsgBox(AddSomething(Of String)("Hello", "World"))
Public Function AddSomething(Of T)(ByVal FirstValue As T, ByVal SecondValue As T) As String
Return FirstValue.ToString + SecondValue.ToString
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I had a look through the documentation on the Wiki, but it seems a bit thin. How do I determine if a type implements a given interface using Cecil? For my particular implementation it is important that I do not actually load the type into the AppDomain.m Here's the code that I have so far:
Dim outputModule As ModuleDefinition = ModuleDefinition.ReadModule(outputFile)
For Each assemblyType As TypeDefinition In outputModule.Types
'How to determine if assemblyType implements a specific interface?
I am creating an xlsx reader / writer for my application (based on OpenXML SDK 2.0). I want to read xlsx files and store the data contained in each row in a DTO/PONO. Further I want to read the xlsx file and then modify it and save it.Now my problem is not with the OpenXML SDK, I can do what I need to do.My problem is on how to structure my components. Specifically I have problems with the polymorphism at the lowest level of a Spreadsheet, the cell.A cell in Excel/OpenXML can have different types of data associated with it. Like a Time, Date, Number, Text or Formula. These different type need to be handled differently when read/written from/to a spreadsheet.I decided to have a common interface for all subtypes like TextCell, NumberCell, DateCell etc.Now when I read the cell from the spreadsheet the Method/Factory can decide which type of cell to create.
Now because the cell is an abstract from the real implementation it does not know / does not need to know of what type it is. For writing / modifying the cell I solve this problem by calling .write(ICellWriter) on the cell I want to persist. As the cell itself knows what type of data it contains, it knows which method of ICellWriter it needs to call (static polymorpism).Writing to the xlsx file is no problem. My problem is, how do I get the data out of my cell into my DTO/PONO without resorting to type checking -> If TypeOf variable is ClassX then doesomething End If. As Methods / Properties have to have different Signatures and differentiating by only using a different return type is not allowed.The holder (collection, in this case a row of a table/spreadsheet) of the objects (refering to the cells) does not know the concrete implementations. So for writing a cell I pass it a Cellwriter. This Cellwriter has overloaded methods like Write(num as Integer), Write(text as String), Write(datum as Date). The cell object that gets this passed to it then calls the Write() method with the data type it holds. This works, as no return value is passed back.After some thinking about the problem I came to realize that it's not possible without reflection or knowledge of what type of cell I am expecting. Basically I was trying to recreate a spreadsheet or something with similar functionality and way too abstract/configurable for my needs.
Attempting to invoke a method of an interface, of which the return type is _variant_t
Code:
_variant_t resultsDataString;
_bstr_t simObjectNames;
simObjectNames = SysAllocString (L"TEST example 3");
resultsDataString = pis8->GetSimObject (simObjectNames);
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I have an interface ITest with a method GetResult(). I have a class Test which implements ITest and thereby defines private method GetResult().
Next I create an instance of Test in a different class. The code is as below:
Module NewClass
Public Sub New()
Dim i As ITest = New Test()
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I am migrating existing code from VB 6 to VB.NET and hence I'm not supposed to change the access modifier of GetResult. Leaving it Private will throw InvalidCastException Unable to cast object of type 'System.Object' to type 'ITest'
Object type variable o is used in many places and hence I don't want to change that. And yes, Test implements ITest.GetMember with a different name.
Here is the IDL definition
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I am getting the following error:Unable to cast COM object of type 'TESTSERVERLib.TestClass' to interface type 'TESTSERVERLib.ITest'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{DAFB7D76-0158-452F-8FD0-FF97A683DEA3}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)).Object reference not set to an instance of an object.Whereas the same code works from an VB .Net Forms application.Can anyone explain why this code does'nt work in a VB .NET windows service.
What does this error mean in VB6? Function or interface marked as restricted, or the function uses an Automation type not supported in Visual Basic.
I keep getting it when i call a particular method of a dll that comes with windows xp and beyond (in system32 called upnp.dll)
I see a couple of previously answered questions about adding an item to an IEnumerable in C#, but I'm stuck when trying to implement the proposed solution in VB.NET.
Option Strict On
Dim customers as IEnumerable(Of Customer)
' Return customers from a LINQ query (not shown)
customers = customers.Concat(New Customer with {.Name = "John Smith"})
The above code gives the error:
Option Strict On disallows implicit conversions from Customer to IEnumerable(Of Customer)
IEnumerable interface provides a instance method GetEnumerator that returns IEnumerator type opject .That's okey .But its very hezy to me that how IEnumerable objects are able to work with For Each loop ?When using For Each GetEnumerator method is not called directly from my code .Then from where and how GetEnumerator is called ?Basically my question is that when a class implements IEnumerabel interface then how a distinct behaviour is attached to that class?How it is used with For Each without calling GetEnumerator ?Here is the sample code that i am using :
Public Class Person
Public firstName As String
Public lastName As String
Public Sub New(ByVal firstName As String, ByVal lastName As String)
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i'm using Enumerable.Except to check if a DataTable in memory is in sync with the table in database.
The background is: this DataTable and other frequently used tables are stored in the Cache of a WebApplication. But meanwhile i'm convinced that this is not a good approach because it's a source for nasty errors that are difficult to reproduce/debug.
Therefore i've created a function that checks if database and memory are in sync, otherwise an error-log will be created. This works perfectly. If there is a row in memory that is not in database, this row will be shown below "Difference in database", the same applies in reverse. But if rows exist in both datasources(the PK idRMA) and some values differ, the log will contain this row in two versions(below "Difference in database" and "Difference in database"). It is not easy to see the differences on the first sight.
Q: Is it possible to select only the properties that caused Except to think that first sequence is not in second?
This is the the complete function(the first lines are relevant):
Public Shared Sub CheckRmaMemoryInSyncWithDB()
Dim inSyncText As String
Dim color As Drawing.Color
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