Android Question Testing the type of a variable

[Troberg]

Once again, I'm pondering my settings framework. I still don't like to have:

* SettingStr(Key as string, Value as string, Write as bool) as string
* SettingInt(Key as string, Value as int, Write as bool) as int
* SettingLong(Key as string, Value as long, Write as bool) as long
* SettingBool(Key as string, Value as bool, Write as bool) as bool
* SettingFloat(Key as string, Value as float, Write as bool) as float
* SettingDouble(Key as string, Value as double, Write as bool) as double
* SettingDate(Key as string, Value as long, Write as bool) as long

Yet, I do want to do some special stuff on some types, to maintain human readability. This mainly applies to bools (save as Yes/No) and dates (save in ISO format).

As overloading is not likely to happen soon, I started thinking about doing this:

* Setting(Key as string, Value as object, Write as bool) as object

Then I'd test the type of the Value argument and do whatever formatting needed. Possible?

 

[DonManfred]

Sadly B4a does not allow overloading

 

[Troberg]

I know, that's why I was considering this workaround.

 

[eurojam]

did you try:

    Dim o As Object
    o = Setting("abc","abc",True)
    Dim VarType As String = GetType(o)
    Log(VarType)

and then parse the return string like:

• java.lang.String
• java.lang.Double

....and so on

 

[Troberg]

Nope, but I will!