public static object ChangeType(object value, Type type)
{
if (value.GetType() == typeof(DBNull) && type == typeof(String))
{
return(String.Empty);
}
else if (value.GetType() == typeof(DBNull))
{
return(null);
}
switch (type.Name)
{
case "PhoneNumber":
return((PhoneNumber)(string)value);
case "EmailAddress":
return((EmailAddress)(string)value);
case "URL":
return((URL)(string)value);
case "PostalAddress":
return(PostalAddress.Deserialize((string)value));
case "Boolean":
value = ((string)value).Replace("0", "false");
value = ((string)value).Replace("1", "true");
break;
case "SimpleXMLNameValueCollection":
return(new SimpleXMLNameValueCollection(SqlConvert.ToXML((string)value)));
}
try
{
return(Convert.ChangeType(value, type));
}
catch
{
if (type == typeof(String))
{
return(String.Empty);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns PostalAddress from object
/// </summary>
public static PostalAddress ToPostalAddress(object obj)
{
if (obj == null)
{
return(new PostalAddress());
}
else if (Convert.IsDBNull(obj))
{
return(new PostalAddress());
}
else if (obj.GetType() == typeof(PostalAddress))
{
return((PostalAddress)obj);
}
else
{
return(PostalAddress.Deserialize((string)obj));
}
}