Example #1
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        /// <summary>
        /// Attempts to get the <see cref="PropertyDef.DataType"/> of a <see cref="PropertyDef"/>
        /// with the given <paramref name="propertyDefId"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="propertyDefOperations">The <see cref="VaultPropertyDefOperations"/> instance to use to communicate with the vault.</param>
        /// <param name="propertyDefId">The Id of the property definition to attempt to read.</param>
        /// <param name="dataType">The data type of the property definition, or <see cref="MFDataType.MFDatatypeUninitialized"/> if not found.</param>
        /// <returns>true if the property definition could be found, false otherwise.</returns>
        public static bool TryGetPropertyDefDataType
        (
            this VaultPropertyDefOperations propertyDefOperations,
            int propertyDefId,
            out MFDataType dataType
        )
        {
            // Sanity.
            if (null == propertyDefOperations)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(propertyDefOperations));
            }

            // Default.
            dataType = MFDataType.MFDatatypeUninitialized;

            // Attempt to get from the underlying data.
            try
            {
                dataType = propertyDefOperations
                           .GetPropertyDef(propertyDefId)
                           .DataType;
                return(true);
            }
            catch
            {
                return(false);
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Attempts to get the name of a <see cref="PropertyDef"/>
        /// with the given <paramref name="propertyDefId"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="propertyDefOperations">The <see cref="VaultPropertyDefOperations"/> instance to use to communicate with the vault.</param>
        /// <param name="propertyDefId">The Id of the property definition to attempt to read.</param>
        /// <param name="propertyDefName">The name of the property definition, or null if not found.</param>
        /// <returns>true if the property definition could be found, false otherwise.</returns>
        public static bool TryGetPropertyDefName
        (
            this VaultPropertyDefOperations propertyDefOperations,
            int propertyDefId,
            out string propertyDefName
        )
        {
            // Sanity.
            if (null == propertyDefOperations)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(propertyDefOperations));
            }

            // Default.
            propertyDefName = null;

            // Attempt to get from the underlying data.
            try
            {
                propertyDefName = propertyDefOperations
                                  .GetPropertyDef(propertyDefId)
                                  .Name;
                return(true);
            }
            catch
            {
                return(false);
            }
        }