Ctype Reloaded

[teguh123]

I am tired of turning one html object into another. One way to do so would be to convert them to ihtmldomnode and then back

So here we go

<Extension()>
    Public Function convertTo(Of Somethingelse)(ByVal node As mshtml.IHTMLDOMNode) As Somethingelse
        Return CType(node, Somethingelse)
    End Function
    <Extension()>
    Public Function toNode(Of something)(ByVal someStuff As something) As mshtml.IHTMLDOMNode
        Return CType(someStuff, mshtml.IHTMLDOMNode)
    End Function
    'Why Can't I do this
    '<Extension()>
    'Public Function CtypeReloaded(Of something, somethingelse)(ByVal someStuff As something) As somethingelse
    '    Return CType(someStuff, somethingelse) 'Error  1   Value of type 'something' cannot be converted to 'somethingelse'.   \\work\c\business\fromwork\currentprojects\program\library\vb.net\internetAccessSupporter.vb    20  22  googlepages2
    '    Return CType("", somethingelse)
    'End Function
 
'I like this one better
    <Extension()>
    Public Function CtypeNode(Of Something, Somethingelse)(ByVal someStuff As Something) As Somethingelse
        Dim node = CType(someStuff, mshtml.IHTMLDOMNode) 'Error 1   Value of type 'something' cannot be converted to 'somethingelse'.   \\work\c\business\fromwork\currentprojects\program\library\vb.net\internetAccessSupporter.vb    20  22  googlepages2
        Return CType(node, Somethingelse)
        'For some reason   Return CType(someStuff, Somethingelse) direct doesn't work
    End Function