C#.NET - How can I get typeof() to work with inheritance?

Question

I will start by explaining my scenario in code:

public class A { }

public class B : A { }

public class C : B { }

public class D { }

public c         


        

Answer 1

As an alternative to the (c is B) check, you can also do the following:

var maybeB = c as B;
if (maybeB != null) {
   // make use of maybeB
}

This is preferred in some cases since in order to make use of c as a B when using is, you would have to cast anyway.