public static object Convert(object value, Type targetType, ITypeCache typeCache = null)
{
if (typeCache == null)
{
typeCache = TypeCaches.TypeCache("global");
}
if (value == null && !typeCache.IsValue(targetType))
{
return(null);
}
else if (TryConvert(value, targetType, typeCache, out var result))
{
return(result);
}
throw new FormatException($"Unable to convert value from type {value.GetType()} to type {targetType}");
}
private EdmMetadataCache CreateMdc(string key, string metadata)
{
return(new EdmMetadataCache(key, metadata, TypeCaches.TypeCache(key)));
}
private EdmMetadataCache CreateMdc(string key, string metadata)
{
return(new EdmMetadataCache(key, metadata, TypeCaches.TypeCache(key, Settings.NameMatchResolver)));
}
public static bool TryConvert(object value, Type targetType, ITypeCache typeCache, out object result)
{
if (typeCache == null)
{
typeCache = TypeCaches.TypeCache("global");
}
try
{
if (value == null)
{
if (typeCache.IsValue(targetType))
{
result = Activator.CreateInstance(targetType);
}
else
{
result = null;
}
}
else if (typeCache.IsTypeAssignableFrom(targetType, value.GetType()))
{
result = value;
}
else if (targetType == typeof(string))
{
result = value.ToString();
}
else if (typeCache.IsEnumType(targetType) && value is string)
{
result = Enum.Parse(targetType, value.ToString(), true);
}
else if (targetType == typeof(byte[]) && value is string)
{
result = System.Convert.FromBase64String(value.ToString());
}
else if (targetType == typeof(string) && value is byte[])
{
result = System.Convert.ToBase64String((byte[])value);
}
else if ((targetType == typeof(DateTime) || targetType == typeof(DateTime?)) && value is DateTimeOffset offset)
{
result = offset.DateTime;
}
else if ((targetType == typeof(DateTimeOffset) || targetType == typeof(DateTimeOffset?)) && value is DateTime time)
{
result = new DateTimeOffset(time);
}
else if (typeCache.IsEnumType(targetType))
{
result = Enum.ToObject(targetType, value);
}
else if (targetType == typeof(Guid) && value is string)
{
result = new Guid(value.ToString());
}
else if (Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(targetType) != null)
{
result = Convert(value, Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(targetType), typeCache);
}
else
{
result = System.Convert.ChangeType(value, targetType, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}
return(true);
}
catch (Exception)
{
result = null;
return(false);
}
}