CastAs

Here's code that I hate:

var viewName = ((ViewResult)actionResult).ViewName;

I have two problems with this code:

The code doesn't read left-to-right. I have to start in the middle, look left to see what it's being cast as, and then further right to access the cast.
Awkward parentheses.

This library contains one thing: a tiny static extension method on Object that lets me do this:

var viewName = actionResult.CastAs<ViewResult>().ViewName;
// or
var viewName = actionResult.CastTo<ViewResult>().ViewName;

CastAs will do a (obj as T) cast, and CastTo will do a (T)obj.

It's very minor, I know. But it helps me, especially when testing.

I also do a lot of MVC work, and this lets me test like this:

actionResult.CastAs<ViewResult>()
   .Model.CastAs<MyViewModel>()
   .LastName.ShouldEqual("Galt");

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