/// <summary>
/// Gets the description for a data type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dataType">The data type.</param>
/// <returns>The data type description or null if invalid.</returns>
public static string Description(this StateVariableDataType dataType)
{
StateVariableDataTypeInfoAttribute laAtt = Info(dataType);
if (laAtt != null)
{
return(laAtt.Description);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the UPnP XML name for a data type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dataType">The data type.</param>
/// <returns>The UPnP XML name.</returns>
public static string XMLName(this StateVariableDataType dataType)
{
StateVariableDataTypeInfoAttribute laAtt = Info(dataType);
if (laAtt != null)
{
return(laAtt.Name);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts a string to a data type value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dataType">The data type to convert to.</param>
/// <param name="value">The string value to convert.</param>
/// <returns>The object value from the string or null if invalid.</returns>
public static object ValueFromString(this StateVariableDataType dataType, string value)
{
StateVariableDataTypeInfoAttribute laAtt = Info(dataType);
if (laAtt != null)
{
return(laAtt.ConvertFromString(value));
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the default value for a data type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dataType">The data type.</param>
/// <returns>The default value or null if invalid.</returns>
public static object Default(this StateVariableDataType dataType)
{
StateVariableDataTypeInfoAttribute laAtt = Info(dataType);
if (laAtt != null)
{
return(laAtt.Default);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the managed base type for a data type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dataType">The data type.</param>
/// <returns>The managed base type or null if invalid.</returns>
public static Type BaseType(this StateVariableDataType dataType)
{
StateVariableDataTypeInfoAttribute laAtt = Info(dataType);
if (laAtt != null)
{
return(laAtt.BaseType);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the data type for a UPnP XML type name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dataType">The data type (any, not used).</param>
/// <param name="name">The name of the data type.</param>
/// <returns>The data type matching the name of DataType.tunknown if not recognised.</returns>
public static StateVariableDataType ForTypeName(this StateVariableDataType dataType, string name)
{
StateVariableDataType[] ldtTypes = (StateVariableDataType[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(StateVariableDataType));
foreach (StateVariableDataType ldtType in ldtTypes)
{
StateVariableDataTypeInfoAttribute laAttr = ldtType.Info();
if (laAttr != null && laAttr.Name == name)
{
return(ldtType);
}
}
return(StateVariableDataType.tunknown);
}
