/// <summary>
/// Returns true if the type being operated on can be
/// implicitly upcast to the target type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src"></param>
/// <param name="target"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool CanImplicitlyCastTo(
this Type src,
Type target
)
{
var convertSpecific = TryConvertGeneric.MakeGenericMethod(target);
if (!src.IsValueType() || !target.IsValueType())
{
// fixme: what about implicit operators?
return(false);
}
var defaultSpecific = DefaultValueGeneric.MakeGenericMethod(src);
var defaultValue = defaultSpecific.Invoke(null, null);
bool canConvert;
try
{
convertSpecific.Invoke(null, new[] { defaultValue });
canConvert = true;
}
catch
{
canConvert = false;
}
return(canConvert);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns true if the type being operated on can be
/// implicitly upcast to the target type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="src"></param>
/// <param name="target"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool CanImplicitlyUpcastTo(
this Type src, Type target
)
{
var convertSpecific = TryConvertGeneric.MakeGenericMethod(target);
var defaultSpecific = DefaultvalueGeneric.MakeGenericMethod(src);
var defaultValue = defaultSpecific.Invoke(null, null);
bool canConvert;
try
{
convertSpecific.Invoke(null, new[] { defaultValue });
canConvert = true;
}
catch
{
canConvert = false;
}
return(canConvert);
}
