generics help needed

[litton1]

Hi all,

I am trying to use some code found on cp. The one with the tick

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...this-up-to-do-generic-conversion-to-nullablet

This db mapper works but not with nullable types. The method below just loops through datatablerow and fills a class
i am trying to call with this method but how do I pass the T when I call ?

public static T DataTableToObject<T>( DataTable dt, int row) where T : new()
        {
            //string temp = "assignment";
            //string temp1 = temp.Replace("a", "A");
            //List<string> propNames = new List<string>();
            PropertyInfo[] pi = typeof(T).GetProperties();


            T objectName = new T();
            int index = -1;
            for (int i = 0; i < dt.Columns.Count; i++)
            {
                string colName = dt.Columns[i].ColumnName;
                index = GetNamedPropertyIndex(colName, pi);

                if (index != -1)
                {
                    // this is a reference to the class property
                    // so what we do to this will be done to the class
                    PropertyInfo classProperty = pi[index];

                    if (colName.Equals(classProperty.Name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                    {
                        object cellValue = dt.Rows[row][colName];
                        Type cellType = dt.Rows[row][colName].GetType();

                        try
                        {
                            if (cellValue != DBNull.Value)
                            {
                                if (cellValue == DBNull.Value && classProperty.PropertyType.Name == "Int32")
                                    cellValue = -1;
                                else if (cellValue == DBNull.Value && classProperty.PropertyType.Name == "Boolean")
                                    cellValue = false;
                                if (cellValue == DBNull.Value && classProperty.PropertyType.Name == "DateTime")
                                    cellValue = System.DateTime.MinValue;

                                if (cellType.ToString() == "System.Guid")
                                    cellValue = cellValue.ToString();
                                else if (cellType.ToString() == "System.String")
                                    cellValue = @cellValue.ToString();
                                else
                                    cellValue = Convert.ChangeType(cellValue, classProperty.PropertyType);
                                classProperty.SetValue(objectName, cellValue, null);
                            }
                        }
                        catch (Exception ex)
                        {
                            throw new Exception("Error in Mapper converting the DT row to an object " +
                                objectName.ToString() + "on property " + classProperty.Name, ex);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return objectName;

I want to convert the above method so it will use method below to call setvalue method?

public static T1 To<T1>(object obj)
           where T1 : class
        {
            Type t = typeof(T1);
            Type u = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(t);

            if (u != null)
            {
                if (obj == null)
                    return default(T1);

                return (T1)Convert.ChangeType(obj, u);
            }
            else
            {
                return (T1)Convert.ChangeType(obj, t);
            }
        }

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[litton1]

Sorry, not sure if that was clear. I am trying to get the top method to call the bottom method. But how do I pass the Type (eg int?) into the bottom method (T) ? Hope that's a bit clearer.

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