/// <summary>
/// Parse the value for a field from its text based representation in an XML file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="FieldType">The type of field being read</param>
/// <param name="Text">Text to parse</param>
/// <returns>The object that was parsed</returns>
static object ParseValue(Type FieldType, string Text)
{
// ignore whitespace in all fields except for Strings which we leave unprocessed
string TrimmedText = Text.Trim();
if (FieldType == typeof(string))
{
return(Text);
}
else if (FieldType == typeof(bool) || FieldType == typeof(bool?))
{
if (TrimmedText == "1" || TrimmedText.Equals("true", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
return(true);
}
else if (TrimmedText == "0" || TrimmedText.Equals("false", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
return(false);
}
else
{
throw new Exception(String.Format("Unable to convert '{0}' to boolean. 'true/false/0/1' are the supported formats.", Text));
}
}
else if (FieldType == typeof(int))
{
return(Int32.Parse(TrimmedText));
}
else if (FieldType == typeof(float))
{
return(Single.Parse(TrimmedText, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
else if (FieldType == typeof(double))
{
return(Double.Parse(TrimmedText, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
else if (FieldType.IsEnum)
{
return(Enum.Parse(FieldType, TrimmedText));
}
else if (FieldType == typeof(FileReference))
{
return(FileReference.FromString(Text));
}
else
{
throw new Exception(String.Format("Unsupported config type '{0}'", FieldType.Name));
}
}
