Class Return Value

[Neily]

I want to return a value for my class without needing to call a method in that class.

For example:

class MyClass1
{
String myString = "A String";
}

MyClass1.myString would give me: A String wherever used.

What I need is a List<String> that will return as a CSV String when used:

class MyClass1
{
MyClass2 myClass;
}

MyClass1.myClass.Add("Test1");
MyClass1.myClass.Add("Test2");

In this example I want MyClass1.myClass to return: Test1, Test2

So I need to be able to create a class that can be used similarly to a String class but has the functionality of List<String>.

Neil

 

[jmeckley]

I want to return a value for my class without needing to call a method in that class.

why not use a class the way it was intended? a class has members the members have behavior.

var c = new Class();
var p = c.Property;
var m = c.Method();
var a = c.MethodWith("a string argument");
[code]
what value is gained by treating a class like a member?

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

faq855-7190

 

[Neily]

I'm using the SimpleSavant project to put and get to SimpleDB. Savant determines the type of each member of my class but (for this project at least) I need savant to combine the entries in a list and put them into SimpleDB as a CSV string.

The data in question are strings that are tags for my other data. I like the ability to use the .Add() method of List<String> to add tags as necessary. It is looking like I can't do what I want or come up with a clever alternative.

Neil

 

[jmeckley]

SS sounds like a document database. if that's the case you would store something like this

class MyClass
{
   public int i {get;set;}
   public string[] strings {get;set;}
}

or you would treat each instance as a row.

class MyClass
{
   public int i {get;set;}
   public string s {get;set;}
}

and query for a set of objects.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

faq855-7190