Component class, list of values to an attribute.

I have a component class with say two attributes, fieldValue and fieldType. This is how my code looks like:

private string fieldValue;
public string FieldValue
{
get { return fieldValue; }
set { fieldValue = value; }
}

public enum DataTypes
{
String,
Integer
}
private DataTypes fieldType;
public DataTypes fieldType
{
get { return fieldType; }
set { fieldType = value; }
}

The thing is I want my enum to be of standard C# datatypes like string, Int32, long etc., but I m not able to do that. I want my users to select the fieldType from a drop down list and that should contain almost all the possible C# datatypes. How would I do that

Thanks a lot !!

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Component class, list of values to an attribute.

R Raghu

I could be misunderstanding but you cant make your enum values built into the .NET Framework (this is where VB.NET/C#/.NET based languages get the values from) - you can create your own enum yes, which will be shown in the autocomplete box (intellisense) along with the other code

Example:

public Enum EnumName

{

Enum1,

Enum2

}

and so on
fighter92

>>The thing is I want my enum to be of standard C# datatypes like string, Int32, long etc., but I m not able to do that. <<

I'm a bit confused. I think we can help to better, if you told us what stopping you from doing this.
sroughley
What is the purpose of all this. Is it that you want to store some dynamic properties or what. You can however create enums by yourself. Like enum { string, int, short, ...} and also store every value as string. But later see what type of that value is and make a convert to that type.
Twanks
Apologies. Let me rephrase my question.

This is pretty much what I need to do:

Design time support to my component.

It has three fields:

fieldName -- e.g. lID, sName

fieldValue -- e.g. 1, Dynamite

fieldType -- e.g. int16, string

fieldName, fieldValue are strings, so I did not have problems in adding them as attributes to my component.

For fieldType, i would like a dropdown list that lets the user select one from a list of possible C# primitive types.

I cannot make an enum of primitive types and that is why I was wondering what to do.

Thanks for your replies though !!
JIM.H.
James I am using a dictionary as you have suggested and I guess that would solve my purpose:

Boban: Imagine creating a component with two attributes. A value and a type for that value. How will you go about that

From my field of investigation, I get a set of parameters, few of them bool,few of them integer, few of them string etc..,

I needed a component out of that parameter and hence I needed two fields. One to store the actual value and the other to store the type(int/string/bool) of that particular parameter.

Thanks a lot guys as always you guys have been very helpful !!
jamba8

WaitWaitWait.... Now I think I figured it out. I think he wants:

public enum DataTypes : Type
{
String = typeof(String),
Integer = typeof(Int32),
Long = typeof(Int64)
// etc.
}

Which of course is not allowed. I think the best way to pull this off would be to have a simple enum, and than a Dictionary<DataTypes, Type> to map one to the other.
Component class, list of values to an attribute.

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