Handle string or int in server object extension

Question

How would you also check to see if the value you are passing into into an SOE is an integer as well?

This checks for string, but returns 0 when passing number:

string searchValStr;
int searchValInt;
found = operationInput.TryGetString("searchVal", out searchValStr);
 if (!found || string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchValStr))
 // check for int
 Int32.TryParse("searchVal", out searchValInt); 

How would I check for int and string using same input?

Answer 1

Try this:

string searchValStr;
int searchValInt;
found = operationInput.TryGetString("searchVal", out searchValStr);
 if (!found || string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchValStr))
 // check for int
 bool isNum = Int32.TryParse("searchVal", out searchValInt); 
 if (isNum)
 {
 MessageBox.Show("input is an int");
 }
 else
 {
 Messagebox.Show("input is not an int");
 }