boxedObject.GetType() returns the type of the box, not the type of the object

[cjard]

As per the subject line.. I am boxing an object:


Dim x as Parent = New Child


In the constructor of parent, I log an entry:

log.Write("A new " & Me.GetType() & " was created")



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Problem is, this always writes "A new parent was created".. I need to know which child was created, so what else can i use in place of GetType() to return the type of the object, not the type of the box?

 

[cjard]

Ah... Ignore me. I'm talking rubbish

I hadnt created an inheritance hierarchy at all.. I was feeding an inherited class to a consumer and the consumer was calling Me.GetType(), which was always the consumer. Consumer now calls GetType on the object it is fed..