Call custom indicator, when name in string

[HotBird]

Hello!
I'm writing some indicator and have the following situation. The user imports the some required indicator in Ninja Trader. Then enter this indicator name in one of the parameters defined as string in my indicator. In my indicator code, I have a string variable with the name of another indicator. How I can call this another indicator if I have his name in string variable? If anyone can, please give an example, please.

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

HotBird,

The best way to do this is to create a switch or a bunch of if / if else statements comparing an input string to something you expect then executing different code based on what the input string is.

For example :

double value;

if( inputString == "EMA")
{
    value = EMA(period)[0];
}
else if ( inputString == "SMA")
{
   value = SMA(period)[0]
}

//etc,

Theres also other ways of comparing strings but I chose the simplest example. See the following link for more information.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc165449.aspx

Please let me know if I may assist further.

[HotBird]

Yes, thank you. I know this code. But the fact is that I don`t know what exactly indicator import a user and can` t predict what code to run. I mean that it can be a new specific name.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi HotBird,

Sorry, I'm not sure how you would solve this. What might you be looking for in NinjaTrader that would allow you to progress on this?

[HotBird]

I have read many forums for C #. I found that this problem can be solved through reflection.
Like this.

using System;
using System.Reflection;

static class Methods
{
    public static void Inform(string parameter)
    {
	Console.WriteLine("Inform:parameter={0}", parameter);
    }
}

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
	// Name of the method we want to call.
	string name = "Inform";

	// Call it with each of these parameters sequentially.
	string[] parameters = { "Sam", "Perls" };

	// Get MethodInfo.
	Type type = typeof(Methods);
	MethodInfo info = type.GetMethod(name);

	// Loop over parameters.
	foreach (string parameter in parameters)
	{
	    info.Invoke(null, new object[] { parameter });
	}
    }
}

How can I use reflection in NinjaTrader script for calling indicator as method?

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

HotBird,

NinjaTrader uses C# so anything you can do with C# will work in NinjaTrader as long as you remain within the context of its engineering (i.e. namespaces, etc.). If you are already aware of a method to do this, it should work. However, unfortunately this level of coding is unsupported.

Please let me know if I may assist further.