Hello,

I have to write an EntityView2 projection onto a custom class which I can't modify. There is a type conversion problem as my Entity has a decimal field that I want to put into an Int32 property of my custom class.

The CreateProjection method of my EntityView2 class throws an "Object of type 'System.Decimal' cannot be converted to type 'System.Int32'." exception.

Has anybody an idea on how to proceed ?

hi,

There is a virtual "ValuePostProcess" method in the EntityProjector which you should be able to override in a custom implmentation.

Make the conversion in your own inherited property projector and it should be ok.

Thanks for reply.

I've found yesterday another thing which works fine: Adding a new read-only property to my entity in the custom code area, which returns the value in the type that I want. Then in the projection I use the EntityProperty("") thing.

Any idea about which solution is better (in terms of perfomance and design) ? Overriding the EntityProjector and implementing ValuePostProcess or adding a new property in the entity ?

Thanks.

Christophe.

WOn't make much difference. The EntityProperty has a small startup delay as it has to reflect over the type and has to grab the propertydescriptor for the particular property. However this delay is really minor. It caches the propertydescriptor so it won't get this small delay with every row.