Binding RadioButtons with Gender Property in WPF Using Value Converter

Many WPF developers face a common problem when working with RadioButtons . They try to bind RadioButtons with a Gender property, but the binding does not work as expected . Why does this happen? Because RadioButtons work with true/false values , but in real applications, Gender is stored as meaningful values like: Male Female So the big question is: How do we connect a true/false UI control with a Male/Female data value? Why RadioButton Binding Fails A RadioButton uses the IsChecked property, and this property accepts only: true false But your Gender property is usually: a string ( "Male" , "Female" ) or an enum So the UI value and the data value are different types . This mismatch is the root cause of the problem. The Solution: Value Converter WPF provides a powerful feature called a Value Converter . What is a Value Converter? A Value Converter converts one value type into another. In our case: Convert Gender (...

How to print Hello World on console using reflection in C#?

using System;

namespace ConsoleProject
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //get the method by method name and with string argument types
            //Here GetMethod() will return the info of WriteLine(string value)
            //and invoke() will call WriteLine method by passing the string "Hello World"

            //this line equivalent to Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

            typeof(Console).GetMethod("WriteLine", new Type[] { typeof(string) }).Invoke(default, new object[] { "Hello World" });
            Console.ReadLine();

        }
    }
}

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