Get parent type Object ex. in treeview

void method

{

// calling the method

TreeViewItem trvItem = GetParentTreeViewItem((DependencyObject)sender);

}

// this will return the desire type exg. here it is returning TreeViewItem type..

private static TreeViewItem GetParentTreeViewItem(DependencyObject item)

{

if (item != null)

{

DependencyObject parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(item);

TreeViewItem parentTreeViewItem = parent as TreeViewItem;

return (parentTreeViewItem != null) ? parentTreeViewItem : GetParentTreeViewItem(parent);

}

return null;

}