/// <summary>
/// Converts a text into the given type. If the type is a boolean, then the conversions in
/// <see cref="BooleanUtilities"/> will be used.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type to which the string is converted.</typeparam>
/// <param name="s">The string, which is converted into the specified type.</param>
/// <returns>A values representing the interpretation of the provided string.</returns>
public static T ConvertString <T>(string s)
{
var tType = typeof(T);
if (tType == typeof(bool))
{
object b = BooleanUtilities.ToBool(s);
return((T)b);
}
return((T)Convert.ChangeType(s, tType));
}
/// <summary>
/// <para>Parses the provided string into the specified type. This is done in the following way:</para>
/// <para>1. If the provided value is null, then an <see cref="NullParameterException"/> is thrown.</para>
/// <para>2. If the specified type is an enum type, then the provided value is parsed into that enum value and returned.</para>
/// <para>3. If the specified type is not contained in <see cref="TypeNames"/> then an <see cref="UnsupportedTypeException"/> is thrown.</para>
/// <para>4. If the specified type is a string, then the provided string value is returned.</para>
/// <para>5. If the specified type is a boolean, then the provided string value is converted to the boolean value.</para>
/// <para>6. If the specified type can be mapped to an entry in <see cref="NumericParsers"/>, then that parser is used to parse the provided string</para>
/// <para>value into a numeric value and the numeric value is returned.</para>
/// <para>Otherwise an <see cref="UnsupportedTypeException"/> is thrown.</para>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value, which will be parsed.</param>
/// <param name="typeName">The name of the type, which is used to determine how the parsing is performed.</param>
/// <returns>The result of the parsing.</returns>
public static object ParseToType(string value, string typeName)
{
if (value == null)
{
throw new NullParameterException("value");
}
if (!TypeNames.ContainsKey(typeName))
{
var type = GetType(typeName);
if (type == null)
{
throw new UnsupportedTypeException(value, typeName);
}
if (type.IsEnum)
{
return(Enum.Parse(type, value));
}
throw new UnsupportedTypeException(value, typeName);
}
{
var type = TypeNames[typeName];
if (type == typeof(string))
{
return(value);
}
if (type == typeof(bool))
{
return(BooleanUtilities.ToBool(value));
}
if (NumericParsers.ContainsKey(type))
{
return(NumericParsers[type](value));
}
}
throw new UnsupportedTypeException(value, typeName);
}