cast object with a Type variable

Question

The following doesn\'t work, of course. Is there a possible way, which is pretty similar like this?

Type newObjectType = typeof(MyClass);

var newObject = gi         


        

Answer 1

You can use Convert.ChangeType. According to msdn, it

returns an object of a specified type whose value is equivalent to a specified object.

You could try the code below:

Type newObjectType = typeof(MyClass);

var newObject = Convert.ChangeType(givenObject, newObjectType);