From 19c16a3fc6bc6c5bbae6af5f4cb44f79322012d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gpanaitescu <gabriela.panaitescu@uipath.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ExpressionCompiler: Location compatible expressions should
 use only implicit cast, to cover implicit cast operators (STUD-78703)

---
 .../XamlIntegration/TextExpressionCompiler.cs | 33 ++-----------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/UiPath.Workflow/XamlIntegration/TextExpressionCompiler.cs b/src/UiPath.Workflow/XamlIntegration/TextExpressionCompiler.cs
index 6d9ba307..95e0d600 100644
--- a/src/UiPath.Workflow/XamlIntegration/TextExpressionCompiler.cs
+++ b/src/UiPath.Workflow/XamlIntegration/TextExpressionCompiler.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // This file is part of Core WF which is licensed under the MIT license.
 // See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using Microsoft.VisualBasic.Activities;
 using System.Activities.Expressions;
 using System.Activities.Internals;
 using System.Activities.Runtime;
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using System.Reflection;
-using Microsoft.VisualBasic.Activities;
 
 namespace System.Activities.XamlIntegration;
 
@@ -2530,34 +2530,13 @@ private string GetActivityFullName(TextExpressionCompilerSettings settings)
 
     private string FormatWithTypeCast(string coreExpressionText, Type resultType)
     {
-        if (resultType == null)
+        if (resultType == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(coreExpressionText))
         {
             return coreExpressionText;
         }
-
-        if (CanUseSafeCastOperator(resultType))
-        {
-            return SafeCastText(coreExpressionText, resultType);
-        }
-
         return ExplicitCastText(coreExpressionText, resultType);
     }
 
-    private static bool CanUseSafeCastOperator(Type targetType)
-        => !targetType.IsValueType || IsNullableValueType(targetType);
-
-    private string SafeCastText(string expressionText, Type targetType)
-    {
-        string typeName = GetFriendlyTypeName(targetType);
-        if (typeName == null)
-        {
-            return expressionText;
-        }
-
-        // Use 'as' operator for reference types and nullable value types
-        return $"{expressionText} as {typeName}";
-    }
-
     private string ExplicitCastText(string expressionText, Type targetType)
     {
         string typeName = GetFriendlyTypeName(targetType);
@@ -2569,14 +2548,6 @@ private string ExplicitCastText(string expressionText, Type targetType)
         return $"(({typeName}){expressionText})";
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Helper method to check if a type is a nullable value type (e.g., int?, DateTime?)
-    /// </summary>
-    private static bool IsNullableValueType(Type type)
-    {
-        return type.IsGenericType && type.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(Nullable<>);
-    }
-
     private string GetFriendlyTypeName(Type type)
     {
         return type is null ? null : _lazyProvider.Value.GetTypeOutput(new CodeTypeReference(type));