public double GetDouble(string key)
{
Object value = GetObjectProperty(key);
try
{
if (value is Double)
{
return((double)value);
}
else if (value is Single || value is String)
{
return(Convert.ToDouble(value));
}
else
{
throw new MessageFormatException(" cannot read a double from " + value.GetType().Name);
}
}
catch (FormatException ex)
{
throw NMSExceptionSupport.CreateMessageFormatException(ex);
}
}
public short GetShort(string key)
{
Object value = GetObjectProperty(key);
try
{
if (value is Int16)
{
return((short)value);
}
else if (value is Byte || value is String)
{
return(Convert.ToInt16(value));
}
else
{
throw new MessageFormatException(" cannot read a short from " + value.GetType().Name);
}
}
catch (FormatException ex)
{
throw NMSExceptionSupport.CreateMessageFormatException(ex);
}
}
public long GetLong(string key)
{
Object value = GetObjectProperty(key);
try
{
if (value is Int64)
{
return((long)value);
}
else if (value is Int32 || value is Int16 || value is Byte || value is String)
{
return(Convert.ToInt64(value));
}
else
{
throw new MessageFormatException(" cannot read a long from " + value.GetType().Name);
}
}
catch (FormatException ex)
{
throw NMSExceptionSupport.CreateMessageFormatException(ex);
}
}
public bool GetBool(string key)
{
Object value = GetObjectProperty(key);
try
{
if (value is Boolean)
{
return((bool)value);
}
else if (value is String)
{
return(((string)value).ToLower() == "true");
}
else
{
throw new MessageFormatException(" cannot read a boolean from " + value.GetType().Name);
}
}
catch (FormatException ex)
{
throw NMSExceptionSupport.CreateMessageFormatException(ex);
}
}