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  jokerdru

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  Dec 16, 2003 11:21 PM|LINK

  Is it possible to declare a method which can return more than one type of variable? I have a method which I am using to cut back on coding time with properties. Instead of getXYZ setXYZ I want to be lazy and use get("XYZ") get("ABC") and set("XYZ", "FOO") set("ABC", 3). I want the get method to return a string in the case of get("XYZ") and an int in the case of get("ABC"). I know that the way to get around this is to use the traditional property naming convntion, however if you have a very large number of properties these methods, in conjunction with a Hashtable would be a life saver. If it is not possible to return different types from one method, does anyone have any other sugestions? (Other than returning "3" not 3 and using Convert.ToInt()) Thanks, J
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  douglas.reil...

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  Dec 17, 2003 12:13 AM|LINK

  You can return an object. That said, this is an ugly solution and will require boxing of value types (like int and double) and really is not the ideal way to do this. A NameValueCollection would allow you to insert and delete things in a collection, though the names and values would be strings.
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