PropertyConverter.cs source code in C# .NET

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                            //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
// 
//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
// 
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

namespace System.Web.UI { 
    using System; 
    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Globalization; 
    using System.Reflection;
    using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;
    using System.Security.Permissions;
 

    ///  
    ///  
    /// 
    [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Level=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)] 
    public static class PropertyConverter {

        private static readonly Type[] s_parseMethodTypes = new Type[] { typeof(string) };
        private static readonly Type[] s_parseMethodTypesWithSOP = new Type[] { typeof(string), typeof(IServiceProvider) }; 

        /* 
         * Contains helpers to convert properties from strings to their types and vice versa. 
         */
 
        /*
         * Converts a persisted enumeration value into its numeric value.
         * Hyphen characters in the persisted format are converted to underscores.
         */ 

        ///  
        ///  
        public static object EnumFromString(Type enumType, string value) {
            try { 
                return Enum.Parse(enumType, value, true);
            }
            catch {
                return null; 
            }
        } 
 
        /*
         * Converts a numeric enumerated value into its persisted form, which is the 
         * code name with underscores replaced by hyphens.
         */

        ///  
        /// 
        public static string EnumToString(Type enumType, object enumValue) { 
            string value = Enum.Format(enumType, enumValue, "G"); 

            // 

            return value.Replace('_','-');
        }
 
        /*
         * Converts the persisted string into an object using the object's 
         * FromString method. 
         */
 
        /// 
        /// 
        public static object ObjectFromString(Type objType, MemberInfo propertyInfo, string value) {
            if (value == null) 
                return null;
 
            // Blank valued bools don't map with FromString. Return null to allow 
            // caller to interpret.
            if (objType.Equals(typeof(bool)) && value.Length == 0) { 
                return null;
            }

            bool useParseMethod = true; 
            object ret = null;
 
            try { 
                if (objType.IsEnum) {
                    useParseMethod = false; 
                    ret = EnumFromString(objType, value);
                }
                else if (objType.Equals(typeof(string))) {
                    useParseMethod = false; 
                    ret = value;
                } 
                else { 
                    PropertyDescriptor pd = null;
                    if (propertyInfo != null) { 
                        pd = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(propertyInfo.ReflectedType)[propertyInfo.Name];
                    }
                    if (pd != null) {
                        TypeConverter converter = pd.Converter; 
                        if (converter != null && converter.CanConvertFrom(typeof(string))) {
                            useParseMethod = false; 
                            ret = converter.ConvertFromInvariantString(value); 
                        }
                    } 
                }
            }
            catch {
            } 

            if (useParseMethod) { 
                // resort to Parse static method on the type 

                // First try Parse(string, IServiceProvider); 
                MethodInfo methodInfo = objType.GetMethod("Parse", s_parseMethodTypesWithSOP);

                if (methodInfo != null) {
                    object[] parameters = new object[2]; 

                    parameters[0] = value; 
                    parameters[1] = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture; 
                    try {
                        ret = Util.InvokeMethod(methodInfo, null, parameters); 
                    }
                    catch {
                    }
                } 
                else {
                    // Try the simpler: Parse(string); 
                    methodInfo = objType.GetMethod("Parse", s_parseMethodTypes); 

                    if (methodInfo != null) { 
                        object[] parameters = new object[1];

                        parameters[0] = value;
                        try { 
                            ret = Util.InvokeMethod(methodInfo, null, parameters);
                        } 
                        catch { 
                        }
                    } 
                }
            }

            if (ret == null) { 
                // Unhandled... throw an exception, so user sees an error at parse time
                // Note that we don't propagate inner exceptions here, since they usually 
                // do not give any information about where the bad value existed on 
                // the object being initialized, whereas, our exception gives that
                // information. 
                throw new HttpException(SR.GetString(SR.Type_not_creatable_from_string,
                                                                         objType.FullName, value, propertyInfo.Name));
            }
 
            return ret;
        } 
    } 
}
 

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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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