/// <summary>
/// Savely gets the value of a decoding hint
/// if hints is null the default is returned
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="hints">The hints.</param>
/// <param name="hintType">Type of the hint.</param>
/// <param name="default">The @default.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T GetValue <T>(IDictionary <DecodeHintType, object> hints, DecodeHintType hintType, T @default)
{
// can't use extension method because of .Net 2.0 support
if (hints == null)
{
return(@default);
}
if (!hints.ContainsKey(hintType))
{
return(@default);
}
return((T)hints[hintType]);
}
protected void addHint(DecodeHintType hint)
{
hints[hint] = true;
}
