I have a simple table with a nullable numeric field JOB_TYPE, which BOM sees as a System.Decimal value. If I set BOM to use "Nullable Generics" AND to create property accessing event for the field, I get the following BOM-generated code for the field accessor

        public Nullable<System.Decimal> JOB_TYPE

        {

            get

            {

                object loValue;

                PeopleBOFieldAccessingEventArgs e;

                Nullable<System.Decimal> loReturn;

                loValue = this.CurrentRow["JOB_TYPE"];

                if (loValue == DBNull.Value)

                {

                    loReturn = (Nullable<System.Decimal> )null;

                }

                else

                {

                    loReturn = new Nullable<System.Decimal> ((System.Decimal)loValue);

                }

                e = new PeopleBOFieldAccessingEventArgs(PeopleBOFieldNames.JOB_TYPE, loReturn);

                this.OnFieldPropertyAccessing(this, e);

                return new Nullable<System.Decimal> ((System.Decimal)(e.ValueToReturn)); <===BOOM!

            }

            set

            {...}

If JOB_TYPE is null, loReturn becomes a null of type decimal?, but is cast (boxed) into a null of type object for the eventargs. After the event is processed (there is no code in the event itself), the value of e.ValueToReturn is a null of type object, which causes the exception when attempting the cast to System.Decimal.



If this a "bug" or "feature"?