Casting vs Converting an object toString, when object really is a string

Question

This isn\'t really an issue, however I am curious. When I save a string in lets say an DataRow, it is cast to Object. When I want to use it, I have to cast it ToString. As f

Answer 1

In this case:

string name = DataRowObject["name"].ToString();

since it is a string, I think that the ToString() method of a string object is simple as:

return this;

so IMHO there is no performance penalty.

PS I'm a Java programmer, so this anwser is only a guess.