/// <summary>
/// Parses the value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
/// <param name="type">The type.</param>
/// <returns>The actual value.</returns>
public static object ParseValue(string value, Type type)
{
if (value == null)
{
if (type.IsValueType)
{
return(Activator.CreateInstance(type));
}
return(null);
}
if (TypeExtensions.IsNullable(type))
{
if (value == "null")
{
return(null);
}
type = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(type);
}
if (type.IsEnum)
{
return(Enum.Parse(type, NameComparer.NormalizeName(value), true));
}
if (type == typeof(int))
{
return(Int32Parser.ParseInt32(value));
}
if (type == typeof(DateTime))
{
return(DateTimeParser.ParseDateTime(value));
}
Type itemType = TypeExtensions.GetCollectionItemType(type);
if (itemType != null)
{
IList list = (IList)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(List <>).MakeGenericType(itemType));
string[] splits = value.Split(new char[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string split in splits)
{
list.Add(ParseValue(split.Trim(), itemType));
}
return(list);
}
// TODO: Figure out how to configure which format provider to use!
return(Convert.ChangeType(value, type, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the block into an object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">The type of object to convert to.</param>
/// <returns>The new object.</returns>
public object ConvertTo(Type type)
{
Type itemType = TypeExtensions.GetCollectionItemType(type);
var list = (IList)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(List <>).MakeGenericType(itemType));
for (int rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < this.RowCount; rowIndex++)
{
object item = CreateItem(itemType, rowIndex);
list.Add(item);
}
return(list);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines if this type handles the specified type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">The type that can potentially be handled by this block type.</param>
/// <returns>
/// true if this type handles the specified type
/// </returns>
public override bool HandlesType(Type type)
{
return(TypeExtensions.GetCollectionItemType(type) == null && type != typeof(StringBuilder));
}
public override bool HandlesType(Type type)
{
return(type != typeof(string) && TypeExtensions.GetCollectionItemType(type) != null);
}