C# novice...

It would appear that "object" is a reserved word in C#. At least I
cannot seem to easily declare a variable with the name "object".



I'm writing a cmdlet, and I actually want one of the parameters to be
named "object".

Is there some way I can make it work?

For now, I just do something like this:

private string _myObject;
[Parameter(Position = 2)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
public string myObject
{
get { return _myObject; }
set { _myObject = value; }
}

Marco

"Marco Shaw" <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> C# novice...
>
> It would appear that "object" is a reserved word in C#. At least I cannot
> seem to easily declare a variable with the name "object".

Yes it is language shorthand for System.Object. Just like string is short
for System.String.

> I'm writing a cmdlet, and I actually want one of the parameters to be
> named "object".
>
> Is there some way I can make it work?
>
> For now, I just do something like this:
>
> private string _myObject;
> [Parameter(Position = 2)]
> [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
> public string myObject
> {
> get { return _myObject; }
> set { _myObject = value; }
> }
>

You can use this syntax "@Object" to tell the compiler that Object is the
property name and doesn't refer to System.Object. However I would consider
renaming the paramter. Write-Host is the only cmdlet I see that uses a
param named Object. Others use:

InputObject, DifferenceObject, ReferenceObject, TargetObject, AclObject

694# gcm -type cmdlet | select @{n='CmdletName';e={$_.Name}} -expand
ParameterSets | select CmdletName -expand Parameters | ? {$_.Name -match
'object'} | Sort Name | ft CmdletName, Name -a

--
Keith

other cmdlets you will note, use "Value" for this reason. I stuck with same
name to go with the flow.

--
William Stacey [C# MVP]


"Marco Shaw" <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote in message
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| C# novice...
|
| It would appear that "object" is a reserved word in C#. At least I
| cannot seem to easily declare a variable with the name "object".
|
| I'm writing a cmdlet, and I actually want one of the parameters to be
| named "object".
|
| Is there some way I can make it work?
|
| For now, I just do something like this:
|
| private string _myObject;
| [Parameter(Position = 2)]
| [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
| public string myObject
| {
| get { return _myObject; }
| set { _myObject = value; }
| }
|
| Marco

Keith Hill [MVP] wrote:
> "Marco Shaw" <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O%23QcHh%23lHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> C# novice...
>>
>> It would appear that "object" is a reserved word in C#. At least I cannot
>> seem to easily declare a variable with the name "object".
>
> Yes it is language shorthand for System.Object. Just like string is short
> for System.String.

I shoulda thought of that...

Marco