C# Switch For Types Of A Class

Question

I have the following method which takes a type of class as a parameter:

public void test(Type proType){

}

I currently have a large if else which looks like:

if(proType == typeof(Class)){}

As there is about ten this looks untidy.

I tried turning this in to a switch but couldn't get it to work.

Is there any better practice to this or away to get a switch statement to work?

           switch (proType)
            {
                case typeof(ClassName):
                    break;
            }

"A constant value required"

The function is been called like test(typeof(class))

So the aim is i have a Big object which contains many small classes.

The typeof(class) switch/if statement allows me to decide what container to go in to get the objects out.

Answer 1

So, how about making all the objects that you are testing share a common interface?

 interface ITestable
 {
     void DoSomething();
 }

and each object implements this interface differently:

 class MySomething : ITestable
 {
     public void DoSomething()
     {
         //type specific implementation
     }
 }

 class MyOtherSomething : ITestable
 {
     public void DoSomething()
     {
         //type specific implementation
     }
 }

Now:

 foreach(ITestable testable in myTestablesList)
 {
     testable.DoSomething();
 }

and all your switching logic disappears. Tada!