How can I cast child to parent and parent to child

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i have interfaces like this

C#

ICreateObjectData : IDictionaryConverter, IData

IDragAndDropObjectData : ICreateObjectData

I have created the List<idraganddropobjectdata> as well as List<idata>

I want cast List<idata> to List<idraganddropobjectdata>

What I have tried:

In Below code I changed input parameter IDragAndDropObjectData to IData and wanna maintain same execution with respect to IDragAndDropData how Can I achieve this ?

C#

private void DoActualDragAndDropOperation(List<idraganddropobjectdata> dataList)
        {
            foreach (IDragAndDropObjectData data in dataList)
            {
                UpdateComponentProperties(data);
            }
       }
            List<idraganddropobjectdata> nextDataList, toProcessDataList = new List<idraganddropobjectdata>(dataList);

Posted 8-Aug-17 20:55pm

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Updated 8-Aug-17 22:53pm

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Tomas Takac · Answer 1 · 2017-08-08T22:30:00

If I understand you correctly you want to pass in a list of IData but only call UpdateComponentProperties for items of type IDragAndDropObjectData. Here are some possible approaches:

Filter by type and forget about all the other items:

C#

private void DoActualDragAndDropOperation(List<IData> dataList)
{
    foreach (var data in dataList.OfType<IDragAndDropObjectData>())
    {
        UpdateComponentProperties(data);
    }
}

If you want to perform action on the other items, check them one by one:

C#

private void DoActualDragAndDropOperation(List<IData> dataList)
{
    foreach (var data in dataList)
    {
        var dragAndDropData = data as IDragAndDropObjectData;
        if (dragAndDropData != null)
        {
            UpdateComponentProperties(dragAndDropData);
        }
        else
        {
            // do something else, e.g. log a warning
        }
    }
}

F-ES Sitecore · Answer 2 · 2017-08-08T22:53:00

You can only up-cast from IData to IDragAndDropObjectData if all objects in the list implement IDragAndDropObjectData.

List<IData> dataList = new List<IData> { };

// add three classes that implemenet IDragAndDropObjectData
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 1 });
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 2 });
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 3 });

// create a List<IDragAndDropObjectData> from List<IData>
// it is possible to "up cast" IData to IDragAndDropObjectData because the objects all
// implement IDragAndDropObjectData
List<IDragAndDropObjectData> ddData = new List<IDragAndDropObjectData>(dataList.Cast<IDragAndDropObjectData>());

foreach(IDragAndDropObjectData d in ddData)
{
    int id = d.ID;
}

dataList = new List<IData> { };

// add two classes that implemenet IDragAndDropObjectData and one that implements ICreateObjectData
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 1 });
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 2 });
dataList.Add(new CreateObjectData { ID = 3 });

// The above is legal as dataList can contain anything that implements IData

// This line will throw a run-time error as it can't cast the last object to IDragAndDropObjectData
ddData = new List<IDragAndDropObjectData>(dataList.Cast<IDragAndDropObjectData>());

// code never gets here
foreach (IDragAndDropObjectData d in ddData)
{
    int id = d.ID;
}

If you can't guarantee the contents of the list

List<IData> dataList = new List<IData> { };

// add three classes that implemenet IDragAndDropObjectData
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 1 });
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 2 });
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 3 });

// create a List<IDragAndDropObjectData> from List<IData>
// it is possible to "up cast" IData to IDragAndDropObjectData because the objects all
// implement IDragAndDropObjectData
List<IDragAndDropObjectData> ddData = new List<IDragAndDropObjectData>(dataList.Cast<IDragAndDropObjectData>());

foreach(IDragAndDropObjectData d in ddData)
{
    int id = d.ID;
}

dataList = new List<IData> { };

// add two classes that implemenet IDragAndDropObjectData and one that implements ICreateObjectData
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 1 });
dataList.Add(new DragAndDropObjectData { ID = 2 });
dataList.Add(new CreateObjectData { ID = 3 });

// The above is legal as dataList can contain anything that implements IData

// We'll cast the objects ourselves first checking if they implement IDragAndDropObjectData.  If they do
// we cast else we use null
ddData = new List<IDragAndDropObjectData>(dataList.Select(d => d is IDragAndDropObjectData ? (IDragAndDropObjectData)d : null));

// now ddData contains two objects and one null reference so filter out the null in the foreach
foreach (IDragAndDropObjectData d in ddData.Where(x => x != null))
{
    int id = d.ID;
}

}

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