/// <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);
}
}