Select Case on an object's Type in VB.Net

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Published on 2009-08-19T18:43:47Z Indexed on 2010/05/15 1:44 UTC
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I'm not sure if this valid C# but hopefully you get the idea. :)

switch (msg.GetType()) {
    case ClassA:
        // blah
    case ClassB:
        // blah 2
    case ClassC:
        // blah 3
}

How would I switch on an object's type but using VB.NET's Select Case?

I'm aware that some might suggest using polymorphism but I'm using a hierarchy of small message classes so that really wouldn't work in my csae.

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