C#

public int SomeFunction(object value) {
   if (value is DateTime) {
      DateTime d = (DateTime)value;
      ...
   } else if (value is double) {
      double d = (double)value;
      ...
   } else {
      throw new ArgumentException("Type "+value.GetType().Name+" is not accepted as parameter.");
   }
}

Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

Our policy was just to use the standards in the book - it saved us a lot of time writing standards.

JohnsonDesouza wrote:

"The process cannot access the file 'C:\\Temp\\FileLockTest1.txt' because it is being used by another process."

FileStream exclusiveWriter = new FileStream(@"C:\Temp\FileLockTest1.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
for (byte counter = 0; counter < 100; counter++)
{
    exclusiveWriter.WriteByte(counter);
}
exclusiveWriter.Close();
FileStream sharedReader = new FileStream(@"C:\Temp\FileLockTest1.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
sharedReader.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
for (byte counter = 0; counter < 100; counter++)
{
    Console.WriteLine(sharedReader.ReadByte()); 
}

sharedReader.Close();
Console.ReadLine();

JohnsonDesouza wrote:

How can I read the files?

Thomas Toh wrote:

System.IO.FileMode.Create);