Iconvertible vs Override

I think if you implement IConvertable, you should firstly be sure that your instance of the class will have the ability to be converted to integer, boolean, string or other built-in primitive types. In such case, user of your class library may use the Convert class to convert your object into various data types, like following:

int i = Convert.ToInt32(objYourObject);

However if you override the ToString() method which was defined in the object class, you may simply get a "string name" of your object. Maybe the object cannot be converted into integer, boolean or other primitive types, but you can override the ToString() method to give the user a human-readable string which identifies the object.

So which way to go should depend on the requirement. I don't know if I explained clearly.

Hope this helps!

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Sunny Chen18y ago
I think if you implement IConvertable, you should firstly be sure that your instance of the class will have the ability to be converted to integer, boolean, string or other built-in primitive types. In such case, user of your class library may use the Convert class to convert your object into various data types, like following:

int i = Convert.ToInt32(objYourObject);

However if you override the ToString() method which was defined in the object class, you may simply get a "string name" of your object. Maybe the object cannot be converted into integer, boolean or other primitive types, but you can override the ToString() method to give the user a human-readable string which identifies the object.

So which way to go should depend on the requirement. I don't know if I explained clearly.

Hope this helps!
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Niradhip Chakraborty18y ago
Please check out the following article:

http://www.tanguay.info/webold/codeExample.php5?id=781
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