C++/CLI-Question: Is there an equivalent to the C# “is” keyword or do I have to use reflection?

Question

I\'ve read somewhere on MSDN that the equivalent to C#\'s \"is\" keyword would be dynamic_cast, but that\'s not really equivalent: It doesn\'t work with value types or with

Answer 1

It's on MSDN:

How to: Implement is and as C# Keywords in C++

In a nutshell, you need to write a helper function like so:

template < class T, class U > 
Boolean isinst(U u) {
   return dynamic_cast< T >(u) != nullptr;
}

and call it like this:

Object ^ o = "f";
if ( isinst< String ^ >(o) )
    Console::WriteLine("o is a string");