/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the <see cref="AsciiColumnType"/> <paramref name="a"/> is compatible with <paramref name="b"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="a">First column type.</param>
/// <param name="b">Second column type.</param>
/// <returns><c>True</c> if <see cref="AsciiColumnType"/> <paramref name="a"/> is compatible with <paramref name="b"/>, i.e. values of type <paramref name="a"/> could be stored in columns of type <paramref name="b"/>; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>The column type <see cref="AsciiColumnType.DBNull"/> is compatible to all other column types.</para>
/// <para>Since all numeric types will be stored in Double format, all numeric column types are compatible with each other.</para>
/// </remarks>
public static bool IsCompatibleWith(AsciiColumnType a, AsciiColumnType b)
{
if (a == AsciiColumnType.DBNull || b == AsciiColumnType.DBNull)
{
return(true);
}
if ((a == AsciiColumnType.Double || a == AsciiColumnType.Int64) &&
(b == AsciiColumnType.Double || b == AsciiColumnType.Int64))
{
return(true);
}
return(a == b);
}
private AsciiColumnInfo(AsciiColumnType t, int scoreValue, char shortCut)
{
_columnType = t;
_scoreValue = scoreValue;
_shortCut = shortCut;
}
