/// <summary>
/// Converts the string value to a boolean value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_bool">The string to convert.</param>
/// <returns> For strings beginning with y or t (yes, true, TRUE, YES, etc) or just the value 1, true is returned. All other strings return false.</returns>
public static bool ToBool(this string _string)
{
return(StringConverters._ToBool(_string, false, false));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the string value to a boolean value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_string">The string to convert.</param>
/// <param name="defaultValue">Default value to return if the conversion fails.</param>
/// <returns> For strings beginning with y or t (yes, true, TRUE, YES, etc) or just the value 1, true is returned. All other strings return false.</returns>
public static bool ToBool(this string _string, bool defaultValue)
{
return(StringConverters._ToBool(_string, true, defaultValue));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the string to an enumeration value of type T, ignoring case.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Enum</typeparam>
/// <param name="_string">String value to convert.</param>
/// <returns>The numeration value represneted by the string, ignoring case.</returns>
public static T ToEnum <T>(this string _string) where T : struct, IConvertible
{
return(StringConverters._ToEnum <T>(_string, false, default(T)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the string to an enumeration value of type T, ignoring case.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Enum</typeparam>
/// <param name="_string">String value to convert.</param>
/// <param name="defaultValue">The default value if the conversion fails.</param>
/// <returns>The numeration value represneted by the string, ignoring case.</returns>
public static T ToEnum <T>(this string _string, T defaultValue) where T : struct, IConvertible
{
return(StringConverters._ToEnum <T>(_string, true, defaultValue));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the double representation of the string. Blank strings and null return 0.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_string">The string to convert.</param>
/// <param name="defaultValue">The default value to return if the conversion fails.</param>
/// <returns>The double value of the string.</returns>
public static double ToDouble(this string _string, double defaultValue)
{
return(StringConverters._ToDouble(_string, true, defaultValue));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the double representation of the string. Blank strings and null return 0.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_string">The string to convert.</param>
/// <returns>The double value of the string.</returns>
public static double ToDouble(this string _string)
{
return(StringConverters._ToDouble(_string, false, 0));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the integer representation of the string. Blank strings and null return 0.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_string">The string to convert.</param>
///<param name="defaultValue">The default value to return if the conversion fails.</param>
/// <returns>The integer value of the string.</returns>
public static int ToInt(this string _string, int defaultValue)
{
return(StringConverters._ToInt(_string, true, defaultValue));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the integer representation of the string. Blank strings and null return 0.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_string">The string to convert.</param>
/// <returns>The integer value of the string.</returns>
public static int ToInt(this string _string)
{
return(StringConverters._ToInt(_string, false, 0));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the string to a DateTime value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_string">String to convert.</param>
/// <param name="defaultValue">Default value to return if the conversion fails.</param>
/// <returns>The converted DateTime.</returns>
public static DateTime ToDateTime(this string _string, DateTime defaultValue)
{
return(StringConverters._ToDateTime(_string, true, Conventions.NullDate));
}
