R – T4 Templates – SubSonic 3 – Running at Build Time

The Activator class within the root System namespace is pretty powerful.

There are a lot of overloads for passing parameters to the constructor and such. Check out the documentation at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.activator.createinstance.aspx

or (new path)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.activator.createinstance

Here are some simple examples:

ObjectType instance = (ObjectType)Activator.CreateInstance(objectType);

ObjectType instance = (ObjectType)Activator.CreateInstance("MyAssembly","MyNamespace.ObjectType");

Q. I need information on how to get success/failure? Do I look for an exception on failure or can I get a count of 'affected' records (old school?)

If it doesn't throw an exception then it's worked

Q. If I get an exception, which exception(s) can I expect?

You can expect a DbException