public override object ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType)
{
if (destinationType == typeof(string))
{
IEnumerable <T> enumerable = value as IEnumerable <T>;
if (enumerable == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException();
}
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (T obj in enumerable)
{
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
XmlTextWriter xmlOut = new XmlTextWriter(sw);
ApplicationSettingsSerializer.WriteToXml(xmlOut, obj);
sb.Append("<HEAD/>");
sb.Append(sw.ToString());
xmlOut.Close();
}
return(sb.ToString());
}
return(base.ConvertTo(context, culture, value, destinationType));
}
public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value)
{
if (value is string)
{
List <T> list = new List <T>();
string[] elements = Regex.Split(value.ToString(), "<HEAD/>");
foreach (string partial in elements)
{
T newObj = new T();
StringReader sr = new StringReader(partial);
XmlTextReader xmlIn = new XmlTextReader(sr);
ApplicationSettingsSerializer.ReadFromXml(xmlIn, newObj);
xmlIn.Close();
list.Add(newObj);
}
return(list);
}
return(base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value));
}
