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String to MethodName

Started by Kalthorn Jul 28, 2006 at 7:28 PM 2 replies 800+ views

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Jul 28, 2006 at 7:28 PM

Is it possible (in C#) to convert a string into all or part of a method or variable type? I want to avoid having a Collection of string keys matched to delegate values. Instead of (Key, Value) for ("Move", OnMoveEvent) I want to just build a delegate based on a string parameter ala: OnEvent where the final string actually matches a predefined method (OnMoveEvent() already exists). Along these same lines is it possible to convert strings to reference types of any other kind, such as a class? I am aware of stuff like atoi() but what is the way to essentially get atoEnum() or atoClass()? Thank in advance for any replies.

SiCrane

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SiCrane

Jul 28, 2006 at 7:31 PM

You might want to check out the System.Reflection namespace.

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Kalthorn

Jul 28, 2006 at 11:55 PM

So I get a list of the Class methods, drop a ToString() on each one and compare that against the given string?

nife

Jul 29, 2006 at 2:59 AM

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Original post by Kalthorn
So I get a list of the Class methods, drop a ToString() on each one and compare that against the given string?

You might want to create a hashmap (or a similar hashing container in C#) of those strings to speed up the process a bit.

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