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Alfero Chingono
Alfero Chingono

Reputation: 2663

Entity Framework Inheritance - determine object type

I have an Entity Framework Model similar to this:

  1. Person
  2. Employee (Inherits Person)
  3. Contact (Inherits Person)

I can Add,Query (Using OfType), and Update Employees and Contacts with no problem. However, I can not determine what type a Person object is. Say for example:

var person = entities.People.Single(p => p.Id == 5);

How can I do this:

if (person.IsEmployee){
//do something
} else if (person.IsContact) {
// do something else
}

Alternatively, I can settle for this:

if (person.IsOfType<Employee>()){
// do something
} else if (person.IsOfType<Contact>()) {
// do something else
}

Is there a way?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1412

Answers (1)

Craig Stuntz
Craig Stuntz

Reputation: 126547

if (person is Employee){
//do something
} else if (person is Contact) {
// do something else
}

Upvotes: 12

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