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The TypeConverter<(Of <(<'T>)>)> type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  NameDescription
Protected methodTypeConverter<(Of <(<'T>)>)>
Initializes a new instance of the TypeConverter<(Of <(<'T>)>)> class

Methods

  NameDescription
Protected methodBaseConvertFrom
Calls ConvertFrom(Object) method (of very base class of this)
Public methodCanConvertFrom(Type)
Returns whether this converter can convert an object of the given type to the type of this converter.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodCanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type)
Returns whether this converter can convert the object to the specified type, using the specified context.
(Overrides TypeConverter..::..CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type).)
Public methodCanConvertTo(Type)
Returns whether this converter can convert the object to the specified type.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodCanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type)
Returns whether this converter can convert an object of the given type to the type of this converter, using the specified context.
(Overrides TypeConverter..::..CanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type).)
Protected methodConverterFrom
Searches derived class implementation for implementation of TypeConverter<(Of <(<'T>)>)>..::..ITypeConverterFrom<(Of <(<'TOther>)>)> where TOther is sourceType or type it implements/derives from
Protected methodConverterTo
Searches derived class implementation for implementation of TypeConverter<(Of <(<'T>)>)>..::..ITypeConverterTo<(Of <(<'TOther>)>)> where TOther is destinationType or type derived from it/implementing it
Public methodConvertFrom(Object)
Converts the given value to the type of this converter.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object)
Converts the given object to the type of this converter, using the specified context and culture information.
(Overrides TypeConverter..::..ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object).)
Public methodConvertFromInvariantString(String)
Converts the given string to the type of this converter, using the invariant culture.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertFromInvariantString(ITypeDescriptorContext, String)
Converts the given string to the type of this converter, using the invariant culture and the specified context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertFromNull
If overriden in derived class performs conversion form null to type T
Public methodConvertFromString(String)
Converts the specified text to an object.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertFromString(ITypeDescriptorContext, String)
Converts the given text to an object, using the specified context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertFromString(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, String)
Converts the given text to an object, using the specified context and culture information.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertTo(Object, Type)
Converts the given value object to the specified type, using the arguments.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type)
Converts the given value object to the specified type, using the specified context and culture information.
(Overrides TypeConverter..::..ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type).)
Public methodConvertToInvariantString(Object)
Converts the specified value to a culture-invariant string representation.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertToInvariantString(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)
Converts the specified value to a culture-invariant string representation, using the specified context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertToString(Object)
Converts the specified value to a string representation.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertToString(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)
Converts the given value to a string representation, using the given context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodConvertToString(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object)
Converts the given value to a string representation, using the specified context and culture information.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodCreateInstance(IDictionary)
Re-creates an Object given a set of property values for the object.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodCreateInstance(IDictionary, ITypeDescriptorContext)
Re-creates instance of T given a set of property values for it.
Public methodCreateInstance(ITypeDescriptorContext, IDictionary)
Re-creates an Object given a set of property values for the object.
(Overrides TypeConverter..::..CreateInstance(ITypeDescriptorContext, IDictionary).)
Protected methodGetConvertFromException
Returns an exception to throw when a conversion cannot be performed.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Protected methodGetConvertToException
Returns an exception to throw when a conversion cannot be performed.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetCreateInstanceSupported()()()()
Returns whether changing a value on this object requires a call to the CreateInstance(IDictionary) method to create a new value.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetCreateInstanceSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext)
Returns whether changing a value on this object requires a call to CreateInstance(IDictionary) to create a new value, using the specified context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetProperties(Object)
Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetProperties(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)
Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter, using the specified context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetProperties(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object, array<Attribute>[]()[][])
Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter, using the specified context and attributes.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetPropertiesSupported()()()()
Returns whether this object supports properties.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetPropertiesSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext)
Returns whether this object supports properties, using the specified context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetStandardValues()()()()
Returns a collection of standard values from the default context for the data type this type converter is designed for.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetStandardValues(ITypeDescriptorContext)
Returns a collection of standard values for the data type this type converter is designed for when provided with a format context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetStandardValuesExclusive()()()()
Returns whether the collection of standard values returned from GetStandardValues()()()() is an exclusive list.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetStandardValuesExclusive(ITypeDescriptorContext)
Returns whether the collection of standard values returned from GetStandardValues()()()() is an exclusive list of possible values, using the specified context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetStandardValuesSupported()()()()
Returns whether this object supports a standard set of values that can be picked from a list.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodGetStandardValuesSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext)
Returns whether this object supports a standard set of values that can be picked from a list, using the specified context.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodIsValid(Object)
Returns whether the given value object is valid for this type.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public methodIsValid(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)
Returns whether the given value object is valid for this type and for the specified context.
(Overrides TypeConverter..::..IsValid(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object).)
Protected methodIsValidSimple
Protected methodSortProperties
Sorts a collection of properties.
(Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Protected methodValidator
Searches derived class implementation for implementation of TypeConverter<(Of <(<'T>)>)>..::..ITypeConverterWithValidation<(Of <(<'TOther>)>)> where TOther is validateType or type it implements/derives from

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