GetType() vs type()

Question

Pls explain me what is happening here in the if condition why he is comparing object with a class

what is GetType() and typeof();

pls explain me this line also AGTransaction objTransactionIDRequest = (AGTransaction)objAGRequest;

is this a conversion???

 public override object CreateOrder(object objAGRequest) 
        {
                if (objPGRequest.GetType() == typeof(AGTransaction))
                {
                    AGTransaction objTransactionIDRequest = (AGTransaction)objAGRequest;
                }
        }

Anupam Maiti · Answer

Explanation of what is GetType() and typeof(): GetType() is a method that returns the actual runtime type of an object, while typeof() is an operator that returns the compile-time type of a class. Here, If statement is checking whether the type of objPGRequest at runtime is the same as the compile-time type of AGTransaction . Explanation of AGTransaction objTransactionIDRequest = (AGTransaction)objAGRequest: There is a type conversion happening. This line is trying to convert the objAGRequest object to an instance of the AGTransaction class, and assign it to a variable named objTransactionIDRequest . This type of conversion is called explicit casting. It is only possible if the object being casted is actually an instance of the target class or a subclass of it, otherwise it will throw an InvalidCastException .

Amit Mohanty · Answer

The if statement in the CreateOrder method is checking whether the type of the objAGRequest object is equal to the AGTransaction class. GetType() is a method that returns the runtime type of an object. It returns a Type object that represents the exact type of the object. typeof() is an operator that returns a Type object that represents a specified type. It is used to get the Type object for a specific class or value type. So, in the if statement, GetType() is being called on the objPGRequest object to get its runtime type, and then typeof(AGTransaction) is being used to get the Type object that represents the AGTransaction class. If these two Type objects are equal, it means that objAGRequest is an instance of the AGTransaction class. The line AGTransaction objTransactionIDRequest = (AGTransaction)objAGRequest; is a type conversion, also known as type casting. It is converting the objAGRequest object from its current type to the AGTransaction type. The (AGTransaction) syntax is used to cast the object to the AGTransaction type. This line assumes that the if condition is true, and creates a new AGTransaction object called objTransactionIDRequest that is a copy of objAGRequest but with its type changed to AGTransaction .

Tuhin Paul · Answer

3. The line "AGTransaction objTransactionIDRequest = (AGTransaction)objAGRequest;" is performing a type conversion, also known as casting. It converts the object referenced by `objAGRequest` to the `AGTransaction` type and assigns the result to a new variable `objTransactionIDRequest` of the same type. This is possible because `AGTransaction` is a subclass of `Object`, which means that `objAGRequest` can refer to an instance of `AGTransaction` or any of its subclasses. The purpose of this line is to create a new `AGTransaction` object that can be used to process the incoming request. The purpose of this code is to ensure that objAGRequest is of the correct type before assigning it to objTransactionIDRequest. This is necessary because objAGRequest is of type object, which means it could be any type of object. The if statement ensures that the code inside it is only executed if objAGRequest is of type AGTransaction, and the casting ensures that the object is assigned to the correct type of object. The code represents a method called CreateOrder which overrides the method with the same name from the parent class. The method takes an object called objAGRequest as a parameter and returns an object as a result. Inside the method, there is an if statement that checks if the type of objPGRequest is the same as the AGTransaction class. If it is, then the code inside the if statement is executed. The code inside the if statement creates a new object of the AGTransaction class called objTransactionIDRequest by casting objAGRequest to the AGTransaction type. This means that objAGRequest is assumed to be an object of the AGTransaction class, and it is assigned to the objTransactionIDRequest object.

Tuhin Paul · Answer

1. The purpose of comparing an object with a class in the if condition is to check whether the runtime type of the object matches the specified class type. In this case, the if condition checks whether the object referenced by `objPGRequest` has the same type as the `AGTransaction` class. 2. The `GetType()` method is an instance method of the `Object` class that returns the runtime type of the object. It can be used to determine the actual type of an object at runtime. The `typeof()` operator, on the other hand, is used to obtain a `Type` object that represents a specified type at compile-time. It is commonly used to obtain information about types at compile-time, such as when specifying generic type parameters.