/// <summary>
/// Sets the value of this setting.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The new value of this setting. If the type of this object is a type that implements <see cref="T:IStringSettingConvertible"/>,
/// an automatic conversion as defined in that type will be performed.</param>
/// <param name="setIsModified">Whether or not to set the "IsModified" property if the value is modified.</param>
internal void SetValue(object value, bool setIsModified)
{
// Only set the value if it the types match
if (value != null && value.GetType().IsSubclassOf(SettingType))
{
return;
}
if (value == this.Value)
{
return;
}
object valueToSave = value;
// If the value implements the IStringSettingConvertible-interface, we can do custom conversion into the string type.
IStringSettingConvertible convertible = value as IStringSettingConvertible;
if (convertible != null)
{
valueToSave = convertible.ConvertBack();
}
this.Value = valueToSave;
if (setIsModified)
{
IsModified = true;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Tries to cast the value to <see cref="IStringSettingConvertible"/> and performs the ConvertBack()-method if successful.
/// Otherwise returns false and does nothing.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value to convert. May be of type <see cref="IStringSettingConvertible"/>.</param>
/// <param name="converted">If conversion succeeded, this parameter contains the converted value. Otherwise contains null.</param>
/// <returns>A boolean value indicating whether or not conversion was successful.</returns>
public static bool ConvertBack(object value, out string converted)
{
IStringSettingConvertible convertible = value as IStringSettingConvertible;
if (convertible != null)
{
converted = convertible.ConvertBack();
return(true);
}
converted = null;
return(false);
}
